Bahamian baseball player
Baseball player
Ormond Garfield Sampson (March 3, 1910 – July 2, 1966) was a Bahamian-American professional baseball shortstop who played in the Negro leagues between 1932 and 1941. He was the first Bahamian-born player to play in a recognized major league.
A native of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Sampson made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 with the Atlanta Black Crackers. He went on to play for the Chicago American Giants in 1938.[1][2] He died in Miami, Florida in 1966 at age 56.
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