About John Banks
Lived 1921 – 2011 (aged 89–90). John Banks was an American baseball player.
John T. Banks Sr. (August 11, 1922 – December 6, 2011) was an American professional baseball player who pitched and played first base in the Negro leagues in the 1940s and 1950s.
Banks began playing semi-professional baseball while still attending Camden High School. He then played for the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League before serving three years in the US Army in World War II. He rejoined the team in 1947. He joined the Negro American League in 1950 and played through 1959 on regional teams and for barnstorming off-season squads. He is also listed as playing with the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1950.
Banks died in Voorhees, New Jersey on December 6, 2011, at the age of 89.
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Who was John Banks?
American baseball player in the Negro leagues
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John Banks was born in 1921.
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John Banks died on 6 December 2011.
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John Banks was a baseball player.
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John Banks was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). John Banks. https://biography.guide/john-banks-baseball-player/
MLA: "John Banks." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/john-banks-baseball-player/.
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