John Moore (baseball)
American baseball player
John W. Moore was an American multi-sport athlete. He was a Negro league infielder in the late 1920s while also playing professional basketball and semi-professional football.
Baseball career
Moore began his career with the semi-pro Pittsburgh Crawfords in May 1928 as a first baseman. In August, both Moore and third baseman Bill Harris left the club to join the Homestead Grays. One of the two players to fill vacancies of Moore and Harris was Josh Gibson.
Basketball and football career
Moore was a multi-sport athlete. In addition to playing in the Negro leagues, he was an all-city basketball player at Schenley High School in Pittsburgh. He was also selected three times as an all-scholastic center. When he was selected unanimously for the third consecutive year as the best scholastic center in Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Courier wrote: "Considering his youth, his natural athletic abilities and his quick susceptibility to teaching, Johnny undoubtedly will reach the peaks in basketball achievements. A perfect gentleman wherever you meet him, bashful John is an excellent example of the ideal man of tomorrow.
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