Ted Kimbro
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 | 8 September 1895, St. Louis, Missouri, USA | |
| Death | 29 September 1918 (aged 23 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo |
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Biography
Ted Kimbro (September 8, 1895 – September 29, 1918) was an American Negro league infielder in the 1910s.
Early life and career
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Kimbro made his Negro leagues debut in 1914 for the West Baden Sprudels. He went on to play for the Louisville White Sox, St. Louis Giants, and Lincoln Giants, and finished his career in 1918 with the Hilldale Club. Kimbro served in the US Army during World War I, and died in 1918 at age 23 at Camp Dix as a result of the flu pandemic.