Nolen Richardson
American baseball player
Intro | American baseball player | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | Athlete Baseball player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 18 January 1903 | |
Death | 25 September 1951 (aged 48 years) |
Clifford Nolen Richardson (January 18, 1903 – September 25, 1951) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended college at the University of Georgia and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Richardson played 6 seasons in the majors (1929, 1931–1932 with the Detroit Tigers, 1935 with the New York Yankees, and 1938–1939 with the Cincinnati Reds). In 168 career games, Richardson had 117 hits in 473 at bats (.247 average). He was the shortstop and captain of the 1937 Newark Bears team that is widely regarded as the best in minor league history. Richardson later became the head baseball coach at the University of Georgia.
He died on September 25, 1951 in Athens, Georgia.