Hippo Galloway facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hippo Galloway |
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| Outfielder / Second baseman | |||
| Born: William Hipple Galloway March 24, 1882 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
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| Died: February 17, 1943 (aged 60) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
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| 1900, for the Cuban X-Giants | |||
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| 1900, for the Cuban X-Giants | |||
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 Baseball Hall of Fame |
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| Induction | 2021 | ||
William Hipple Galloway (born March 24, 1882 – died February 17, 1943) was a talented baseball player. People knew him by his nickname, "Hippo." He was born in Buffalo, New York, in the U.S. But he grew up in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada. Hippo Galloway is famous for being "the first black Canadian to play organized baseball."
Hippo Galloway's Life and Sports
Hippo Galloway loved sports from a young age. He played both baseball and ice hockey. In 1899, he played hockey for a team in Woodstock, Ontario. He was known as a calm and steady player on the ice.
During the summer of 1899, he played baseball for the Woodstock Bains. This was a team in a "minor league," which is a professional baseball league below the main ones. Sadly, he was asked to leave the team. This happened because another player, who was white, did not want him on the team.
Hippo Galloway was the last Black player in Canadian organized baseball for a long time. This changed when Jackie Robinson played in 1946. After leaving the Woodstock team, Galloway went to the United States. He joined the Cuban X-Giants for the 1900 season. This team was part of the Negro leagues. These leagues were where Black players played because they were not allowed to play in the main baseball leagues at that time.
