Curtis Harris
American baseball player
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| Intro | American baseball player | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 14 February 1905, Washington County, Texas, USA | |||
| Death | 3 August 1947Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (aged 42 years) | |||
| Star sign | Aquarius | |||
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Curtis Harris (February 14, 1905 – August 3, 1947), born "Curtis Taplan", and nicknamed "Popeye", was an American Negro league infielder between 1931 and 1940.
A native of Washington County, Texas, Harris made his Negro leagues debut in 1931 for the Pittsburgh Crawfords. With the Kansas City Monarchs in 1936, he was selected as the West team's starting first baseman at the East–West All-Star Game. Harris finished his career with the Philadelphia Stars, where he played from 1937 to 1940. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1947 at age 42.