Guy Ousley

American baseball player
Baseball player
Guy Ousley
Shortstop
Born: (1910-07-14)July 14, 1910
Valdosta, Georgia
Died: February 28, 1964(1964-02-28) (aged 53)
Chicago, Illinois
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1931, for the Chicago American Giants
Last appearance
1932, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Teams
  • Chicago American Giants (1931)
  • Louisville Black Caps (1932)
  • Memphis Red Sox (1932)

Guy Carswell Ousley (July 14, 1910 – February 28, 1964) was an American Negro league shortstop in the 1930s.

Early life and career

A native of Valdosta, Georgia, Ousley made his Negro leagues debut in 1931 with the Chicago American Giants, and played the following season with the Louisville Black Caps and Memphis Red Sox.[1][2] He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1964 at age 53. His previously unmarked grave was marked by the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project in 2005.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Guy Ousley". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Guy Ousley". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Completed Grave Marker Projects". nlbgmp.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

Further reading

  • Burley, Dan (March 29, 1930). "Phillips Lights Drop Championship in Overtime Game to Calumet High Five". The Chicago Defender. p. 
  • Burley, Dan (December 14, 1935). "Backdoor Stuff: 'The Times of Yesteryear'; Diggin' in the Graveyard of the Past. The Chicago Defender. p. 19
  • Burley, Dan (September 16, 1958). Dan Burley's The Ways of Sports..." The Chicago Tribune. p. 26
  • Defender staff (September 29, 1958). "Bethesda Flashes". The Chicago Defender. p. 22
  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=ousle01guy Seamheads


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