Buck O'Neil
Baseball player/manager
Died when: 94 years 327 days (1138 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was a first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs.
After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball.
In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 as an executive.O'Neil's life was documented in Joe Posnanski's 2007 book The Soul of Baseball.
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