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Sam Hairston
1920–1997
United States
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Biography
Samuel Harding Hairston (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1997) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball player. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro leagues and played part of one season with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher. He is buried in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery.
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