Neale Henderson

Biography

Neale Henderson (June 24, 1930 – December 27, 2018), nicknamed "Bobo", was an American baseball shortstop. Henderson batted and threw right handed. Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Henderson moved with his family to San Diego, California in 1941. In there, he honed his skills at San Diego High School, where he excelled in baseball, football and track and field, winning three titles as an infielder for the Coast League Baseball champion team and two titles as the starting quarterback of the Coast League Football squad, becoming the first African-American quarterback to earn that accomplishment. His introduction to the Negro leagues came early on in 1937, when he was seven years old, and was used as a batboy for the Kansas City Monarchs in an exhibition game against the Homestead Grays in Fort Smith. After graduating in 1949, Henderson signed with the Abilene Ikes, a farm team for the Monarchs.

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