Cool Papa Bell
ABOUT COOL PAPA BELL
Center fielder whom many claim to be one of the fastest players of all time; selected to 8 Negro League All-Star games.
He was said to be 'faster than Jesse Owens ' by some fans.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
His single mother raised him along with six siblings in pre-Civil Rights movement Mississippi.
He and Mickey Mantle were part of the same Baseball Hall of Fame induction class.
