Red Longley

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Red Longley

| image = Wayman Red Longley.jpg

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|9|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = July, 1977

| death_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1934

| debutteam = Memphis Red Sox

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1951

| finalteam = New Orleans Eagles

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| teams =

• Memphis Red Sox (1934–1935)
• Washington Elite Giants (1936)
• Memphis Red Sox (1937–1941, 1943-1950)
• New Orleans Eagles (1951)

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Wayman Longley (September 7, 1909 – July, 1977), nicknamed "Red", was an American Negro league outfielder from the 1930s into the 1950s.

A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Longley made his Negro leagues debut in 1934 with the Memphis Red Sox, and played most of his long career with the club.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=longl01red |title=Red Longley |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} He was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1938 and 1944.{{cite web|author= |url=http://arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.php?page=Red+Longley |title=Red Longley |publisher=arkbaseball.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Longley played for the Elmwood Giants of the Mandak League in 1950,{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=longle000ray |title=Red Longley |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} and finished his Negro leagues career in 1951 with the New Orleans Eagles. He died in Memphis, Tennessee in 1977 at age 67.