Charles Randolph Prim
| Randolph Prim | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: November 7, 1896 Prescott, Arkansas | |||
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Died: November 26, 1986 (aged 90) Salina, Kansas | |||
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| Negro league baseball debut | |||
| 1925, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |||
| Last Negro league baseball appearance | |||
| 1926, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |||
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Charles Randolph Prim (November 7, 1896 – November 26, 1986) was a Negro League Baseball player with the Kansas City Monarchs.
Biography
Prim was born on November 7, 1896 in Prescott, Arkansas to Joe and Ida Prim.[1] He moved with his family to Kansas City, Kansas at an early age.
Prim was a United States Army veteran of the first World War.[2][3] He joined the Kansas City Monarchs in 1925, when he was 28 years old and played with them for two years. He was their pitcher in 1926.[4]
Prim was a Methodist who became a bricklayer. He joined the Bricklayers Union in Kansas City, and he was a 50-year member of his Masonic Lodge.
At the age of 84, Prim moved to Kenwood View Nursing Home in Salina, Kansas. He lived there for six years, dying on November 26, 1986 at the age of 90. He was buried at Salina's Gypsum Hill Cemetery.[5]
References
- ↑ "Randolph Prim". Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia - ArkBaseball.com.
- ↑ "Randolph Prim -United States World War I Draft Registration Cards". Intellectual Reserve, Inc - FamilySearch.org.
- ↑ "Primm, Randolph". Smoky Valley Genealogical Society - Ancestry.com.
- ↑ "Charles Prim - Charles Randolph Prim". Sports Reference LLC - Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Gypsum Hill Cemetery". City of Salina, Kansas - ci.Salina.KS.us.