Jelly Gardner

American baseball player
Baseball player
Jelly Gardner
Outfielder
Born: (1895-09-27)September 27, 1895
Russellville, Arkansas, U.S.
Died: March 28, 1977(1977-03-28) (aged 81)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Teams
  • Texas All-Stars (1917)
  • Detroit Stars (1919–1920, 1931)[1]
  • Dayton Marcos (1920)
  • Chicago American Giants (1920–1926, 1928-1930)
  • Lincoln Giants (1927)
  • Homestead Grays (1928)

Floyd "Jelly Roll" Gardner (September 27, 1895 - March 28, 1977) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played infield and outfield from 1919 to 1933, primarily for the Chicago American Giants.

References

  1. ^ Detroit News, April 21,1919, Detroit, MI

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
  • Negro League Baseball Museum Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • They Called Him Jelly
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Chicago American Giants 1926 Colored World Series champions
Jim Brown
Rube Curry
Bill Foster
Floyd Gardner
George Harney
John Hines
Sanford Jackson
Dave Malarcher
Webster McDonald
Robert Poindexter
Willie Powell
Pythias Russ
John Shackelford
George Sweatt
Sandy Thompson
Steel Arm Tyler
Willie Ware
Charlie Williams
Manager
Dave Malarcher


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