Ernest Burke
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ernest Alexander Burke (June 26, 1924 – January 31, 2004)[1] was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues.
Burke was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and was one of the first black U.S. Marines to serve in World War II, earning a medal as a sharpshooter. During his tour of duty in the Pacific, Burke began to play baseball.
After the war, he became a pitcher and outfielder for the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League. He played for Baltimore from 1946 to 1949. In 1949, he joined the Pough-Kingston team in the Western League, then later played in the Canadian Provincial League.
Burke died of kidney cancer complications at the age of 79. A statue of Burke was unveiled on June 26, 2021, in his home city.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Find a GraveTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Havard de Grace Official City Website
- Pages with script errors
- 1924 births
- 2004 deaths
- Baseball players from Harford County, Maryland
- Baltimore Elite Giants players
- Deaths from kidney cancer in the United States
- People from Havre de Grace, Maryland
- African Americans in World War II
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- Deaths from cancer in Maryland
- United States Marines
- Baseball pitchers
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen