Leo Tankersley

{{Short description|American baseball player (1901–1980)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Leo Tankersley

|image=

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1901|6|8}}

|birth_place=Terrell, Texas

|death_date={{death date and age|1980|9|18|1901|6|8}}

|death_place=Dallas, Texas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 2

|debutyear=1925

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 2

|finalyear=1925

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=1

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{baseball year|1925}})

}}

Lawrence William "Leo" Tankersley (June 8, 1901 – September 18, 1980) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Tankersley was 24 years old when he entered professional baseball.{{Cite web|title = Leo Tankersley Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac|url = http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=tankele01|website = www.baseball-almanac.com|access-date = 2016-01-23}} He played for the Chicago White Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tankele01.shtml "Leo Tankersley Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.