Tag: Pumpsie Green

• This Day in Pop Culture for July 21

  

  1959: The Red Sox’s First Black Player Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green was born in Boley, Oklahoma on October 27, 1933. He became the oldest of five siblings. His brother Cornell became a long-time safety for the Dallas Cowboys. His brother Credell was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. He himself took on three different sports…

  Jeffrey Totey

  July 21, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Baseball, July 21, Pumpsie Green