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Cad Coles

Cad Coles

American baseball player (1886-1942)

Cadwallader "Cad" Coles (January 17, 1886 – June 30, 1942) was an American outfielder who played for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League in 1914.

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Coles was the first player sold from one Federal League team to another, having been sent from the Chicago Whales to Kansas City before the start of the 1914 season.[1]

Coles grew up on a plantation in South Carolina and attended Clemson College where he played for Clemson's baseball team. He left his professional baseball career to work on ships and spent years as a purser for the P & O Steamship Company before dying of a heart attack at his Miami, Florida home in 1942 at the age of 56.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Coles First Man Sold In "Feds" Slave Market". Star-Gazette. 28 March 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Cad Coles, of P. & O. Ships, Dies Suddenly". The Tampa Tribune. 1 July 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2024.


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