Edward Woolridge
{{short description|American baseball player}}
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| position = Infielder
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| birth_date = December 3, 1903
| birth_place = South Carolina, U.S.
| death_date = October 1976; aged 72
| death_place = Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.
| debutleague = Negro league baseball
| debutdate =
| debutyear = 1926
| debutteam = Cleveland Elites
| finaldate =
| finalyear = 1926
| finalteam = Cleveland Elites
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Edward Woolridge (December 3, 1903 – October 1976)[https://www.mediafire.com/view/5ampafkjxmpyu07 United States Social Security Death Index]. FamilySearch. was an American Negro league infielder in the 1920s.
Early life and career
A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Woolridge excelled at both baseball and football at Tuskegee University,Defender staff (April 21, 1928). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/ajwhzls4qtvea9p "Tuskegee Captain, Edward Woolridge"]. The Chicago Defender. p. 8. Retrieved July 14, 2021.{{#tag:ref|Notwithstanding at least one online source and one contemporaneous in-print source, both of which mistakenly identify Woolridge as a Wilberforce alumnus (and despite the fact that during at least a portion of his time at Tuskegee, someone named Woolridge did indeed play for WU's football team), any potential confusion is quickly dispelled by a brief news item published in 1925, entitled "Mike Woolridge to Lead Wilberforce." The Wilberforce Woolridge, we learn, was an outstanding defensive end,P.N.S. (January 3, 1925).[https://www.mediafire.com/view/oouc4rkkdsys4hm "Mike Woolridge to Lead Wilberforce"]. Baltimore Afro-American. p. 4. Retrieved July 15, 2021. whereas Edward Woolridge's gridiron contributions, while impressively wide-ranging, appear to be entirely confined to the offensive backfield and special teamsUnion staff (October 13, 1928). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81418600 "Tuskegee Ties Knoxville; Score 0-0"]. The Murfreesboro Union. p. 3. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
– specifically quarterback,Age staff (September 12, 1931). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81366459 "Football Prospects at Tuskegee"]. The New York Age. p. 6. Retrieved July 15, 2021. running back,Reporter staff (November 10, 1928). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81505929/the-birmingham-reporter/ "Tuskegee Wins from Fisk 13 to 0; Young Stevenson Stars"]. The Birmingham Reporter. p. 7. Retrieved July 15, 2021. and punter.Age staff (December 8, 1928). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81501337 "Talladega Bows to Tuskegee in Holiday Game"]. The New York Age. p. 6. Retrieved July 15, 2021.|group=lower-alpha}} graduating in 1929.SNS (February 15, 1949). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/pzusygnp0ozbotp "Tuskegee Class of '29 Plans 20th Reunion"]. Atlanta Daily World. p. 3. Retrieved July 14, 2021. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1926 with the Cleveland Elites of the Negro National League.Liscio, Stephanie M. (2010). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/1e3f90w9pe1wkxp Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the Integration of the Indians and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 192-193. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3690-3}}.
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=w/woolred01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=woolr01edd Seamheads]
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Category:Cleveland Elites players
Category:Cleveland Tigers (baseball) players
Category:Tuskegee Institute alumni
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
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