Melvin Coleman

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Melvin Coleman

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| position = Shortstop

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|1|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|4|22|1911|1|1|mf=y}}

| death_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1937

| debutteam = Birmingham Black Barons

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1944

| finalteam = Atlanta Black Crackers

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• Birmingham Black Barons (1937)
• Atlanta Black Crackers (1944)

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Melvin Coleman (January 1, 1911 – April 22, 1968) was an American Negro league shortstop in the 1930s.

A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Coleman played for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1937. In 19 recorded games for Birmingham, he posted 18 hits in 65 plate appearances. Coleman later had a brief stint with the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1944. He died in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1968 at age 57.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=colem01mel |title=Melvin Coleman |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemme01.shtml |title=Melvin Coleman |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}