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Article: Ex-Negro Leagues Star Bubba Hyde Dies
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- November 24, 2003
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11-24-2003
Dateline: ST. LOUIS
Bubba Hyde, a star outfielder in the Negro Leagues whose career spanned four decades, died at 95.
He died Thursday after a brief illness.
Hyde was among the first players inducted in 1997 into the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame in Milwaukee. He played for more than a dozen teams, beginning with the Memphis Red Sox in 1927.
In 1950, Hyde tried to break into the majors with the Boston Braves, daughter Almerth Owens-Long said. But he left training camp to be with his wife, Edith, who was giving birth. ...