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Wyatt Turner

1909–1986

United States

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Wyatt James Turner (January 5, 1909 – September 19, 1986) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Turner played for the Homestead Grays in 1939 and served in the US Navy during World War II. He died in Pittsburgh in 1986 at age 77.

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