About Richard Cannon
Lived 1909 – 1935 (aged 25–26). Richard Cannon was an American baseball player.
Richard Cannon (September 1909 – February 3, 1935), nicknamed "Speedball", was an American Negro league baseball pitcher from 1928 to 1932.
A native of Mount Vernon, Indiana, Cannon made his Negro leagues debut in 1928 with the St. Louis Stars. He played for St. Louis again the following season, then spent 1930 and 1931 with the Louisville Black Caps and Cleveland Cubs. Cannon died in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1935 at age 25 after being shot in an altercation with a 51-year-old man named William Raynes.
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Who was Richard Cannon?
American baseball player
When was Richard Cannon born?
Richard Cannon was born in 1909 in Mount Vernon.
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Richard Cannon died on 3 February 1935 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Richard Cannon was a baseball player.
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Richard Cannon was American.
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