William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseballpitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1942 with several teams,[1] including a spot on the otherwise all-white East Douglas team in Massachusetts's amateur Blackstone Valley League in 1929, a squad which also featured 18-year-old newcomer Hank Greenberg.[2][3]
At age 55, Jackman received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[4]
Referencesedit
^Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN0-7867-0959-6.
^Rosengren, John (2013). Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes. New York: New American Library. p. 217. ISBN978-0-451-23576-3.
^Dick Thompson (January 1, 2007). "Cannonball Bill Jackman: baseball's great unknown". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^"1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"
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