About Alphonse Dunn
Lived 1911 – 2004 (aged 93). Alphonse Dunn was an American baseball player.
Alphonse Dunn (September 27, 1911 – September 29, 2004), nicknamed "Blue", was an American Negro league first baseman between 1937 and 1943.
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dunn made his Negro leagues debut in 1937 for the Detroit Stars. In 1942 and 1943, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons, and appeared in two games of the 1943 Negro World Series for Birmingham. In 1946, he played for the Portland Rosebuds of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association. Dunn died in Laurel, Mississippi in 2004 at age 93.
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Who was Alphonse Dunn?
American baseball player
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Alphonse Dunn was born on 27 September 1911 in Baton Rouge.
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Alphonse Dunn died on 29 September 2004 in Laurel, Mississippi.
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Alphonse Dunn was a baseball player.
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Alphonse Dunn was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Alphonse Dunn. https://biography.guide/alphonse-dunn/
MLA: "Alphonse Dunn." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/alphonse-dunn/.
Chicago: "Alphonse Dunn." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/alphonse-dunn/.
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