Ziggy Marcell

{{short description|American baseball player (1916-1990)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Ziggy Marcell

| image = Ziggy Marcell.jpg

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|9|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|10|10|1916|9|1|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1939

| debutteam = Kansas City Monarchs

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1948

| finalteam = Newark Eagles

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| teams =

• Kansas City Monarchs (1939)
• Homestead Grays (1940)
• New York Black Yankees (1941)
• Chicago American Giants (1942)
• Philadelphia Stars (1942)
• Baltimore Elite Giants (1947)
• Newark Eagles (1948)

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Everett Marcell (September 1, 1916 – October 10, 1990), nicknamed "Ziggy", was an American Negro league catcher and Harlem Globetrotters basketball player in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Marcell attended Southern University,{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=marce01zig |title=Ziggy Marcell |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=August 4, 2020}} and was the son of fellow Negro leaguer Oliver Marcell.{{cite web|url=http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/marcell-everett---ziggy |title=Everett Marcell |publisher=nlbpa.com |access-date=August 4, 2020}} A basketball star at Southern, Marcell was known for his extraordinary ball-handling skills.{{cite web|url=https://www.blackfives.org/players/everett-ziggy-marcell/ |title=Everett 'Ziggy' Marcell |date=September 2016 |publisher=blackfives.org |access-date=August 4, 2020}} He continued his basketball career after college, suiting up for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1938 to 1946, and for the Los Angeles Red Devils basketball team alongside Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson in 1946.{{cite web|url=https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/ziggy-marcell/ |title=Ziggy Marcell |publisher=probasketballencyclopedia.com |access-date=August 4, 2020}} Marcell also played professional football in 1944 for the Los Angeles Bulldogs.

Marcell made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 for the Kansas City Monarchs, and played for several teams before concluding his Negro leagues career with the Newark Eagles in 1948. In 1950, he played for the Farnham Pirates of the Provincial League.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=marcel001eve |title=Everett Marcell |publisher=baseball-reference.com |access-date=August 4, 2020}}

Marcell died in Los Angeles, California in 1990 at age 74.