George Dixon (baseball)

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Dixon

|image=George Tubby Dixon.jpg

|position=Catcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1896|1|4}}

|birth_place=Greenwood, South Carolina

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1940|8|4|1896|1|4}}

|death_place=Cleveland, Ohio

|debutyear=1917

|debutteam=Royal Poinciana

|finalyear=1934

|finalteam=Cleveland Red Sox

|teams=

• Royal Poinciana Hotel ({{baseball year|1916}}–{{baseball year|1918}})
• Chicago American Giants ({{baseball year|1917}}–{{baseball year|1924}})
• Indianapolis ABCs ({{baseball year|1923}}–{{baseball year|1926}}, {{baseball year|1931}})
• Birmingham Black Barons ({{baseball year|1924}})
• Cleveland Hornets ({{baseball year|1927}})
• Cleveland Tigers ({{baseball year|1928}})
• Cleveland Cubs ({{baseball year|1931}})
• Cleveland Red Sox ({{baseball year|1934}})

}}

George "Tubby" Dixon (January 4, 1896 – August 4, 1940) was a Negro leagues catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.

When he started catching for the Chicago American Giants during 1917 spring training in Palm Beach, Florida, newspaper reports called him "the best young player that has been tried out with the Giants in years."[http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/002029.pdf "The American Giants" Kansas City Sun, Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday, February 3, 1917, Page 2, Column 3]

Dixon appears to have played his last few seasons in Cleveland. He died in Cleveland in 1940.