About Deedy Crosson
Lived 1898 – 1973 (aged 74). Deedy Crosson was an American baseball player.
George Dewey "Deedy" Crosson (November 11, 1898 – February 19, 1973) was an American Negro league shortstop in the 1920s.
A native of Rutherford, New Jersey, Crosson attended Boston English High, Brown University and Boston University. He played for the Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York in 1920. Crosson died in New York, New York in 1973 at age 74.
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American baseball player
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Deedy Crosson was born on 11 November 1898 in Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Deedy Crosson died on 19 February 1973 in New York, New York.
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Deedy Crosson was a baseball player.
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