Frank Dyll

Frank Dyll (October 30, 1929 – August 30, 1991) was one of the five white professional baseball players to be the first to join the Negro American League. He was signed to the Chicago American Giants in 1950 by Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe with the support of the team’s owner, Dr. J.B. Martin, who was concerned about black players joining Major League teams. The other four young white players were Lou Chirban, Lou Clarizio, Al Dubetts and Stanley Miarka.^[8]

Frank Dyll
Shortstop
Born: Frank R. Dyll[1] (1929-10-30)October 30, 1929 Chicago, Illinois, US[2]
Died: August 30, 1991(1991-08-30) (aged 61) Chicago, Illinois, US[3][4]
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right[5]
Negro league baseball debut
July 16, 1950, for the Chicago American Giants[6][7]
Last appearance
1950, for the Chicago American Giants
Teams
Chicago American Giants (1950)

See also

• List of Negro league baseball players

References

1. Tribune staff (September 6, 1991). "Death Notices". Chicago Tribune. Sec. 2, p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
2. "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MV-VYSN : 18 March 2018), Frank R Or A Dyll, 30 Aug 1991; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
3. "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MV-VYSN : 18 March 2018), Frank R Or A Dyll, 30 Aug 1991; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
4. Tribune staff (September 6, 1991). "Death Notices". Chicago Tribune. Sec. 2, p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
5. Associated Press (August 8, 1950). "Birmingham Bars Whites from Playing with Negro Team". The Boston Globe. p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2021
6. Associated Press (July 10, 1950). "Whites Play in Negro League". Baltimore Sun. p. 13. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
7. Defender staff (Sunday, July 22, 1950). "Monarchs Win Two Games from Giants". The Chicago Defender. p.16. "Manager Ted Radcliffe tried out two more white players—Stanley Miarka and Frank Dyll—in the last two innings of the first game. Dyll went to short to replace Clyde McNeal and Miarka replaced Luther Branham at second."
8. Luke, Bob (2009). The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League. p. 129.