Tenny Blount
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|name = Tenny Blount
|image = Tenny Blount.jpg
|image_size = 175px
|caption =
|birth_name = John Tenny Blount
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|1|29|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Montgomery, Alabama
|death_date = {{death date and age|1934|12|22|1873|1|29|mf=y}}
|death_place = Detroit, Michigan
|occupation = Negro league baseball executive
|years_active = 1919-1933
}}
John Tenny Blount (January 29, 1873 – December 22, 1934) was an American sports executive, who owned the Detroit Stars of the Negro National League. He was a friend of Rube Foster, and served as president of the Negro National League. Blount was a numbers banker and ran a gambling establishment.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |
title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}
References
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External links
- {{Negro-league-stats}} [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/official.php?playerID=bloun01ten Seamheads]
- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1532&dat=19341229&id=0Yk9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3498,16495383 Obituary]
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Category:Sportspeople from Montgomery, Alabama
Category:Negro league baseball executives
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