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Bill Riggins

Bill Riggins

Baseball player

Arvell "Bill" Riggins (February 7, 1900 – March 8, 1943) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues. He played from 1920 to 1936 with several teams, including the Detroit Stars from 1920 to 1926.[2]

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Riggins joined the Detroit Stars at the forming of the Negro National League in 1920, and he stayed with the team until 1926.[1]

Riggins died aged 43 in New York City. He is buried at the Beverly Hills Cemetery in Peekskill, New York.

References

  1. [1]
    "Champion Monarchs Open Season With Victory" The Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, Kansas, Friday, May 29, 1925, Page 3, Columns 1 to 5
  2. [2]
    Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.


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