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	Moses Fleetwood Walker
		Moses Fleetwood Walker - #6, on the far left in the middle row.
		The younger Walker enrolled in Oberlin's preparatory division in 1877 and two years later was admitted to the college, where his course of studies included Greek, Latin, German, French, rhetoric, astronomy, botany, geology, and zoology.
		Walker's baseball accomplishments were generally forgotten, his historical significance relegated to an occasional newspaper article or mention in the Oberlin Alumni Magazine-although he was an item in the first edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit.
	www.oberlin.edu /external/EOG/OYTT-images/MFWalker.html-0 (617 words)

	Encyclopedia: Fleet Walker
		Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 - May 11, 1924) was one of the first African-American Major League Baseball players.
		Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Walker was the son of a doctor.
		Walker made his major league debut on May 1, 1884 versus the Louisville Eclipse.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fleet-Walker (664 words)

	Walker, Moses Fleetwood - Negro Baseball Player
		Born: October 7, 1856 in Mt.Pleasant, OH Died: May 11, 1924 in Cleveland, OH Moses Fleetwood Walker, who along with his brother, Welday Walker, became the second and third U.S. Negros to play in a white league (Bud Fowler was first) and the first fl players to play in the major leagues.
		Moses Fleetwood Walker attended Oberlin College where he had studied Greek, French, German, Latin, and math, then attended the University of Michigan law school.
		In 1891, Fleetwood Walker was assaulted outside a Syracuse bar on a Sunday afternoon as he returned home from church.
	www.nlbpa.com /walker__moses_fleetwood.html (233 words)

	Fleet Walker's Divided Heart: The Life of Baseball's First Black Major Leaguer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The reader is left to wonder if the divided heart existed because Walker was considered a mulatto (mixed race of fl and white), or if the divided heart existed because Walker wanted to belong to the white race and to the fl race, but never fully belonged to either.
		Walker, born of middle class mixed-race parents in Ohio in 1857, attended and played baseball at integrated colleges in the early 1880's.
		Walker returned to the minor leagues in 1885, but faced hardening racial prejudice which blocked his return to the majors.
	www.freeglossary.com /p:0803299133 (1118 words)

	African Americans - Great African American Baseball Players, Moses Fleetwood 'Fleet' Walker
		Moses Fleetwood ("Fleet") Walker was born in 1857, the son of parents of mixed race, which automatically classified him as "African American" for legal and social purposes.
		Walker and his brother Weldy published The Equator, a newspaper dedicated to African American issues and causes while residing in Steubenville in the first few years of the Twentieth Century.
		Moses Fleetwood Walker is buried in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
	www.africanamericans.com /MosesFleetwoodWalker.htm (438 words)

	Walker, Moses Fleetwood and Welday Wilberforce - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Walker, Moses Fleetwood and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Walker, Moses Fleetwood (‘Fleet’, 1856–1924) and Welday Wilberforce(1860–1937)
		Meanwhile the brothers had become increasingly open in their opposition to the growing segregation in US society, and Moses became the editor of the Equator, a periodical devoted to African-American concerns.
		Moses was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and Welday in Steubenville, Ohio.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Walker,%20Moses%20Fleetwood%20and%20Welday%20Wilberforce (265 words)

	Roswell Daily Record News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As the Toledo Blade reported in their coverage of the game, Walker was “a gentleman and a scholar, in the literal sense.” He was a respected athlete who played baseball in order to earn tuition money to attend law school at the University of Michigan.
		Moses Walker would retire from the game and work as a postal clerk, a hotel operator and even as an inventor.
		Walker’s on the field exploits would be lost to history, his statistics all but erased, except for hazy stories of his helping Syracuse to a championship season and then retiring due to injury and the segregation that was bearing down on him.
	www.roswell-record.com /archives/021202/spt01.html (1335 words)

	Sheridan Sun Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Walker was a fair hitter whose.263 batting average in 1884 was 23 points above the league average, but his aggressive base running, and his defensive talents were his foremost abilities.
		That powder keg was never given the chance to explode however as Walker’s season was ended by an injury (a broken bone, either a rib, collarbone or something in the hand – injury records were not as detailed back then as they are today), and he was unavailable for the series in Richmond.
		While Walker’s career doesn’t stack up to the numbers and accolades that Robinson achieved during in his years in baseball, their two stories are similar in the hardships that they faced.
	www.sheridanc.on.ca /journalism/sun/feb_01_2005/sports_gamebaseball.html (899 words)

	BASN Negro League Spotlight: The Life And Times Of Moses Fleetwood Walker
		Walker was considered a fine bare-handed catcher with a strong arm.
		Walker was well received by most fans in the league, except for two southern ones.
		Moses Fleetwood Walker died disillusioned and uncertain of his accomplishments in 1924 at the age of 67.
	www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/article_0512.shtml (936 words)

	Ohio Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Moses Walker and his brother, Weldy, helped start the Oberlin College baseball team.
		Moses went on to study law at the University of Michigan, but soon left to play professional baseball for the Toledo Mudhens.
		Moses stayed in baseball for some years, with stops in Cleveland, Waterbury, Newark (NJ), Syracuse, and Terre Haute.
	www.ohiobio.org /walker.htm (128 words)

	- toledoblade.com -
		Walker, the scholar who went on to become a newspaper publisher and business owner, was the first to cross it when he played for the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884.
		Walker, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings, joining the team in 1883.
		Walker would go on to publish a newspaper called The Equator with his brother and operate several movie houses in the Steubenville area, inventing several patents for film reel technology.But Mr.
	www.toledoblade.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050207/NEWS08/502070334 (1113 words)

	Fleet Walker \| BaseballLibrary.com
		When the Toledo club, Northwestern League champion in 1883, was admitted to the American Association in 1884, it brought Walker, their regular catcher, into the league.
		Walker, whose brother Welday played five games in the outfield for Toledo that year, was well received by fans in all the league cities, including Baltimore and Washington, except for two southern ones.
		However, Walker had his only major league season interrupted by a July injury (reported variously as a broken collarbone or a broken rib), played sparingly thereafter, and was released in September.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/W/Walker_Fleet.stm (448 words)

	Moses Fleetwood Walker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker (October 7, 1857 in Mount Pleasant, Ohio - May 11, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio) is credited with being the first African-American to play professional baseball at the major league level.
		Walker signed with the Toledo club in 1883, in the days before catchers wore any equipment, even to the point of being bare-handed.
		By 1872 Walker, whose paintings showed a deep concern for the under-privileged, was acknowledged as the leader of what became known as the social realist school of painting.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Fleet_Walker (1367 words)

	History of African-Americans in Baseball
		Moses Fleetwood Walker studied at Oberlin College where he started a varsity baseball team with the help of his younger brother.
		In 1884, Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first fl to play in the major leagues.
		Walker was let go from the team and played for several minor league teams and then played for Newark in the International League.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /features/1999/negro_lg/negro_lg.htm (2111 words)

	No. Robinson Wasn't First.
		He was Moses Fleetwood Walker, and he was a catcher.
		In Louisville, the Toledo Blade reported, Walker was "hissed and insulted because of his color." In Richmond, Toledo's manager, Charlie Morton, received a letter threatening to "mob" the "Negro catcher" if "he comes on the ground in a suit."
		Moses Fleetwood Walker died in 1924, at age 67, never having left America's shores.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/baseball/0406robinson-review.html (543 words)

	GenerAsian at NYU
		Before there was a Jackie Robinson, there was Moses Fleetwood Walker.
		Moses Walker, who can be found in baseball encyclopedias under the name 'Fleet Walker', played catcher in 1884 for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association.
		He spent the rest of his career in the minors, and it would be Robinson who would be credited as being the first fl baseball player - 63 years later.
	www.nyu.edu /clubs/generasian/fall00/Spotlight/crossing_divides_across_the_field.htm (416 words)

	JockBio: Moses Fleetwood Walker Biography
		Moses Fleetwood Walker was born on October 7, 1857, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
		When it was seen that he was not to play, the crowd cheered heartily and very properly hissed the Eclipse club, and jeered their misplays for several innings, while the visitors, for whom White consented to catch, obviously under disadvantages, were cheered to the echo.
		They could have made their point because it was understood that Walker was catcher, and no rules provide for the rejection of players on account of ‘race, color, or previous condition of servitude.’ The crowd was anxious to see Walker play, and there was no social question concerned.
	www.jockbio.com /Classic/Walker/Walker_bio.html (2500 words)

	moseswalker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Moses Fleetwood Walker was an early pioneer in the game of baseball.
		Walker would face many obstacles those that are racial and those that deal with baseball.
		In 1888, Walker moved on to Syracuse where he was the key to winning the championship despite having a mere.216 batting average.
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/mwalker.htm (269 words)

	Fleet Walker Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Fleet Walker was born on Tuesday, October 7, 1856, in Mount Pleasant, Ohio.
		Walker was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1884, with the Toledo Blue Stockings, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
		Fleet Walker's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Fleet Walker baseball statistics page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=walkefl01 (303 words)

	Here is a little something about Moses Fleeeeeeetwoood Walker!!!
		Ohio Pioneer Paved the Way Before Jackie Robinson, catcher Moses Walker was a trailblazer By Larry Lester Recently, at the Jackie Robinson Conference at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, professor Sidney Gendlin from Eastern Michigan University gave a presentation on the unknown Moses Fleetwood Walker.
		Walker attended the progressive Oberlin College in Ohio, and later attended the University of Michigan.
		Walker was the son of a doctor, while Robinson was the offspring of a Georgia sharecropper.
	www.miamisci.org /youth/unity/Unity1/Kareem/pages/FleetWood.html (766 words)

	Heritage and History
		Reverend John Walker, a Presbyterian minister and staunch abolitionist, founded Alma College in 1818, and changed the name to Franklin College in 1826.
		Walker and his faculty taught the abolitionist doctrine and many of the graduates carried the message forward in their careers as ministers, teachers, or attorneys.
		Walker sold the opera house and moved to Cleveland, where he resided until his death on May 11, 1924.
	www.harrisoncountyohio.org /trh/heritage_museums_historicalsites/heritage.htm (2332 words)

	CBC February 2004
		Moses had been raised in Pharaoh's Court and was very well educated, i.e., "book-smart." However, God knew that Moses needed to become "desert-smart." Moses "worked" for Jethro keeping his flock of sheep for about 40 years before returning to Egypt to liberate the Israelites.
		Moses' work as a shepherd was preparation for the shepherd's role he held while leading Israel out of Egypt and through the desert for an additional 40 years as they wandered around.
		Moses was occupied from dawn until dusk mediating and judging disputes between the people.
	pages.prodigy.net /conallman/cbcfeb04.html (1621 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
		As you walk in you are directed to a small-size movie theatre in which James Earl Jones tells a quick story of the Negro Leagues.
		As you walk through you learn about Moses "Fleetwood" Walker, who paved the way for Black baseball as a pioneer by playing on a White team in the American Association in 1884.
		Walker, not Robinson, was the first Black player in the major leagues.
	www.nlbm.com /ns/NewsDetail.cfm?NewsID=90 (1408 words)

	The Brookfield Journal - News - 10/01/2004 - Cat fight to go to court
		She noted that although Moses is not a direct descendant of the feline Colin Powell, the 'rare' cat is related to the award winner.
		Schmugler purchased Moses for $800 from the Haucks, who operate the Caricature Cattery from their home, where they also breed Burmese breed cats.
		According to the Haucks, Moses nearly died in the scuffle.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13049212&BRD=1656&PAG=461&dept_id=13278&rfi=6 (521 words)

	westword.com \| News \| Baseball's Black Days \| 1997-04-24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Walker openly insulted him in the foulest language and encouraged other Dodgers to do the same.
		The son of an Ohio doctor, Moses Fleetwood Walker was an exceptional athlete while a student at Oberlin College, and in 1883, Toledo, of the Northwestern League, signed him as a catcher.
		As it happened, Walker was injured that day and wasn't scheduled to play, which muted the whole racial issue.
	www.westword.com /issues/1997-04-24/news/sports.html (1484 words)

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