Buck Leonard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBuck Leonard
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1907
Place of Birth: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 27-Nov-1997
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Buck Leonard
- Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (September 8, 1907 – November 27, 1997) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League.
- After growing up in North Carolina, he played for the Homestead Grays between 1934 and 1950, batting fourth behind Josh Gibson for many years.
- The Grays teams of the 1930s and 1940s were considered some of the best teams in Negro league history. Leonard never played in Major League Baseball (MLB); he declined a 1952 offer of an MLB contract because he felt he was too old.
- Late in life, Leonard worked as a physical education instructor and was the vice-president of a minor league baseball team.
- He and Gibson were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
- In 1999, he was ranked number 47 on the 100 Greatest Baseball Players list by The Sporting News.
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