Ulysses Brown

Ulysses Brown
Ulysses Brown
	Catcher
	Born: 1920
	Died: September 7, 1942 (aged 21–22); Geneva, Ohio, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
	1942, for the Cincinnati Clowns
Teams
	Newark Eagles (1937–1938); Chicago American Giants (1940); Cincinnati Clowns (1942);

Ulysses "Joe" "Buster" Brown (1920 – September 7, 1942) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1942 with the Newark Eagles, Chicago American Giants, and the Cincinnati Clowns. Brown died in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Smoky Owens also died, while Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were also injured.^[1]

References

↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

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