Mahlon Duckett

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Mahlon Duckett
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died: July 12, 2015(2015-07-12) (aged 92)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1940, for the Philadelphia Stars
Last appearance
1950, for the Homestead Grays
Teams

Mahlon Newton "Mal" Duckett (December 20, 1922 – July 12, 2015) was an American Negro league baseball infielder. He played from 1940 to 1950, with the Philadelphia Stars and the Homestead Grays.[1]

Duckett was primarily a

US Army during World War II.[3] In 2008, Duckett was chosen in a special Negro leagues draft wherein each team in Major League Baseball drafted a surviving Negro leagues player; the Philadelphia Phillies drafted him.[2]

Duckett died in 2015. He was the last surviving member of the Philadelphia Stars.[4] Duckett is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

References

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  2. ^ a b Special Negro Leagues Draft
  3. ^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  4. WPVI
    . July 13, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

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