About Theolic Smith
Lived 1913 – 1981 (aged 68). Theolic Smith was an American baseball player.
Theolic Smith (May 19, 1913 – November 3, 1981), nicknamed "Fireball", was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Wabbaseka, Arkansas, Smith was raised in Jefferson County, AR. He later moved to St. Louis, Missouri as a teenager and attended Vashon High School. He made his Negro league debut in 1936, playing for the Arkansas Claybrook Tigers, a team owned by John Claybrook and managed by Eggie Hensley. After he gained attention for his performance at the North-South All-Star Game in Memphis, Smith was invited to join the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1936. Unable to maintain the same consistency in Pittsburgh, he rotated between starting as pitcher and relieving.
He died in Compton, California in 1981 at age 68. He was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Compton.
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Who was Theolic Smith?
American baseball player (1913-1981)
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Theolic Smith was born on 19 May 1913 in Wabbaseka.
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Theolic Smith died on 3 November 1981 in Compton, California.
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Theolic Smith was a baseball player.
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Theolic Smith was American.
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