Cal Irvin
| Cal Irvin | |
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: November 28, 1924 Haleburg, Alabama, U.S. | |
| Died: November 25, 2017 (aged 92) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | |
Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1946, for the Newark Eagles | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1947, for the New York Black Yankees | |
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Calvin Coolidge Irvin (November 28, 1924 – November 25, 2017) was an American Negro league baseball shortstop and college basketball coach.
A native of Haleburg, Alabama, Irvin was the brother of Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin. Younger brother Cal attended Orange High School and Morgan State University, where he played basketball and football.[1] He played for the Newark Eagles during their 1946 Negro World Series championship season,[2] and played with the New York Black Yankees in 1947.[1]
Irvin went on to become the athletic director and head basketball coach at North Carolina A&T State University, coaching there for 18 years, and winning four Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles. A member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, Irvin died in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2017 at age 92.[3][4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
- Cal Irvin at Negro League Baseball Players Association
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- 1924 births
- 2017 deaths
- Baseball shortstops
- Newark Eagles players
- New York Black Yankees players
- Morgan State Bears football players
- Morgan State Bears basketball players
- North Carolina A&T Aggies athletic directors
- North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball coaches
- Orange High School (New Jersey) alumni
- People from Henry County, Alabama
- Sportspeople from Orange, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Essex County, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Alabama
- African-American basketball coaches
- African-American college athletic directors in the United States
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs