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Fleet Walker

I am probably bringing up something most of you guys know, but heard his name today and it is a pretty interesting story.  It appears that Robinson broke the color barrier, but Fleet was the first black to play in Major League Baseball.

Interesting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker

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That album
he had in the 70s was killer.
A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 13, 2008 11:07 PM CDT   0 recs

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