About Lonnie Blair
Lived 1929 – 1992 (aged 62). Lonnie Blair was a baseball player.
Lonnie Jerome Blair (October 30, 1929 – January 27, 1992) was an American Negro league pitcher between 1947 and 1950.
A native of East Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Blair was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Garnett Blair. He attended Allegheny Vocational High School and joined the Homestead Grays while still in high school in 1947, and went on to play for the club as a pitcher and second baseman through 1950. Blair died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1992 at age 62.
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Who was Lonnie Blair?
American baseball player
When was Lonnie Blair born?
Lonnie Blair was born on 30 October 1929 in East Carnegie (Pittsburgh).
When did Lonnie Blair die?
Lonnie Blair died on 27 January 1992 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Lonnie Blair was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Lonnie Blair. https://biography.guide/lonnie-blair/
MLA: "Lonnie Blair." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/lonnie-blair/.
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