Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell

baseballplayer

BIRTHDAY May 17, 1903
BIRTH SIGN Taurus
BIRTHPLACE Starkville, MS
AGE ? years old
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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.