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Bob Wiggins

Bob Wiggins

Baseball player

For the Australian footballer, see Bob Wiggins (footballer).

Robert Wiggins (September 28, 1933 – November 16, 2012) was an outfielder who played in the Negro American League in 1959 and 1960 for the Raleigh Tigers and Kansas City Monarchs.

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He was drafted into the Army in 1953. In the mid-to-late 1950s, he played semi-professional baseball for the Chicago Brown Bombers, Chicago Giants and Mobile Black Barons, earning a tryout with the Chicago White Sox in 1958, though they did not sign him. He later received an invitation from the Chicago Cubs, who also did not give him a contract.[1][2][3]

He died at the age of 79 on November 16, 2012.

References

  1. [1]
    "Negro League Legends". Archived from the original on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
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    "Chicago Sun-Times". Archived from the original on 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
  3. [3]
    Dardick, Hal (July 30, 2004). "Negro leagues' fans step up to the plate". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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