Negro League Baseball Discussion Forum: General Discussion About The Negro Leagues: ALIASES USED BY NEGRO LEAGUE PLAYERS
By RON TEASLEY (Sabucjosh) on Tuesday, April 11, 2000 – 04:12 pm:
AT VARIOUS REUNIONS PLAYERS HAVE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT THEY HAD TO USE DIFFERENT NAMES BECAUSE THEY WERE STILL IN SCHOOL. IN MY CASE, I USED THE NAMES TED DONALD (NATIONAL SEMI-PRO TOURNAMENT AND WITH DETROIT CLUBS) AND BLAZER JOHNSON, WITH TOLEDO TEAMS.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ALIASES USED BY OTHER PLAYERS?
By Richard Gibson (Mr_red) on Wednesday, April 12, 2000 – 12:22 pm:
I believe that Chuck Harmon used the alias Charley (or Charles) Fine when he was still in school.
By Sabucjosh (Sabucjosh) on Sunday, June 25, 2000 – 12:42 pm:
I recently found a Toledo Cubs article about a game that featured "Turkey" Stearnes. I played 1B using the name "Blazer" Johnson. "Turkey", at age 43, played CF, getting 3 hits and scored from first on a single.
By Lineuplord (Lineuplord) on Friday, August 10, 2001 – 01:04 pm:
I'm sure this one is nothing new to anyone but
Larry Doby was also known as Larry Walker.