Eggie Dallard

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Eggie Dallard

| image = Eggie Dallard.jpg

| position = First baseman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|5|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Winslow, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|11|26|1899|5|6|mf=y}}

| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1921

| debutteam = Hilldale Club

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| finalyear = 1933

| finalteam = Philadelphia Stars

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Maurice Julius Dallard (May 6, 1899 – November 26, 1933), nicknamed "Eggie", was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Winslow, New Jersey, Dallard made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the Hilldale Club. He went on to play for several teams, including the Washington/Wilmington Potomacs and Baltimore Black Sox, and finished his career in 1933 with the Philadelphia Stars.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=dalla01egg |title=Eggie Dallard |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dallar000egg |title=Eggie Dallard |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Dallard died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1933 at age 34.{{Cite news |date=December 9, 1933 |title=Eggie Dallard, Baseball Player, Killed in Auto Accident in Philadelphia |page=6 |work=The New York Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108161149/the-new-york-age/ |via=newspapers.com}}

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