Deacon Meyers
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 | 9 October 1899, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA | |
| Death | 15 July 1978 (aged 78 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra |
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Biography
George Allen Meyers (October 9, 1899 – July 15, 1978), nicknamed "Deacon", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s.
A native of Columbia, Tennessee, Meyers made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the St. Louis Giants. He played four seasons with the St. Louis Stars, and finished his career in 1926 with the Dayton Marcos. Meyers died in Dayton, Ohio in 1978 at age 78.