Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of the Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer (Signed by Author)
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Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of the Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer (Signed by Author)

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Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad's driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins.

Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the Pittsburgh Courier. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.

  • Signed by author James E. Overmyer
  • Author: James E. Overmyer
  • Paperback: 285 pages
  • Published: January, 2020
  • Dimensions: 6 x 0.65 x 9 inches
Player Biography
As a player, manager and owner, Cumberland “Cum” Posey was the driving force behind the Homestead Grays, one of the most successful teams in Negro leagues history, for 35 years. Posey’s business acumen and organizational skills made the Grays a perennial powerhouse and money-making machine. Skilled at talent evaluation and development, Posey’s teams produced a number of future Hall of Famers. Homestead split its “home” games between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., regularly drawing 25,000 to 30,000 fans at Forbes Field and Griffith Stadium. His teams won nine consecutive Negro National League pennants from 1937 to 1945, including three championships.

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Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad's driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins.

Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the Pittsburgh Courier. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.

  • Signed by author James E. Overmyer
  • Author: James E. Overmyer
  • Paperback: 285 pages
  • Published: January, 2020
  • Dimensions: 6 x 0.65 x 9 inches

Player Bio

Player Biography
As a player, manager and owner, Cumberland “Cum” Posey was the driving force behind the Homestead Grays, one of the most successful teams in Negro leagues history, for 35 years. Posey’s business acumen and organizational skills made the Grays a perennial powerhouse and money-making machine. Skilled at talent evaluation and development, Posey’s teams produced a number of future Hall of Famers. Homestead split its “home” games between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., regularly drawing 25,000 to 30,000 fans at Forbes Field and Griffith Stadium. His teams won nine consecutive Negro National League pennants from 1937 to 1945, including three championships.

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