Charlie Hancock

{{short description|American baseball player (1902-1974)}}

{{About|the American baseball player|Australian rugby player|Charlie Hancock (rugby union)}}

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| name = Charlie Hancock

| image = Charlie Hancock baseball.png

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|9|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lexington, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|9|1902|9|15|mf=y}}

| death_place = Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1921

| debutteam = St. Louis Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1928

| finalteam = Chicago American Giants

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• St. Louis Giants (1921)
• Chicago American Giants (1928)

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Charles Winston Hancock (September 15, 1902 – July 9, 1974) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1920s.

A native of Lexington, Missouri, Hancock was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Art Hancock. He played for the St. Louis Giants in 1921, and for the Chicago American Giants in 1928. Hancock died in Sioux City, Iowa in 1974 at age 71.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=hanco01cha&tab=bat |title=Charlie Hancock |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hancoch01.shtml |title=Charlie Hancock |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}