Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Alston, Tom
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Description area
Dates of existence
January 31, 1926 – December 30, 1993
History
Born Greensboro, North Carolina
Played for the Indian Head Rockets and later for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1957, the first African-American to do so.
Died Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Places
Greensboro (NC)
Indian Head (SK.)
St Louis (MO)
Winston-Salem (NC)