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Bruce Hocker

Bruce Hocker

American baseball player

Bruce William Hocker (August 6, 1894 – August 1, 1975) was a Negro leagues first baseman for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

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Hocker registered for the World War I draft on June 5, 1917, showing his current occupation as a "musician" at the Kipps Parkway Hotel on "South Boulevard in Bronx Park." He is listed as single and no exemptions from the draft.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Twelve Inning Game to Locals" Detroit Free Press, June 9, 1920, Page 18, Column 1
  2. [2]
    "1917 WWI Draft Card for Bruce William Hocker, Registered at New York precinct 38 on June 5, 1917"
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