Sir Lurksalot photopack (Negro League players)

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John "Dirk" Gibbons was a pitcher with the Philadelphia Stars in 1941. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Sam Gordon, SS/3B/OF, is shown in the uniform of the Chicago Union Giants.

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Lefty Harvey, P, is shown in the uniform of the Chicago Union Giants. Some references indicate that his given name was Frank; others say Richard.

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William Washington, C, is shown in the uniform of the Chicago Union Giants. He was with that team in 1906 and 1908.

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John Preston "Pete" Hill, OF/2B, is shown in the uniform of the Philadelphia Giants. This is the earliest known photo of him.

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John Hill, 3B/SS, is shown in the uniform of the Philadelphia Giants.

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Charlie Grant, 2B, is shown in the uniform of the Philadelphia Giants.

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Will Horn, P, is shown in the uniform of the Philadelphia Giants.

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Andrew Payne, OF, is shown in the uniform of the Philadelphia Giants.

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Ashby Dunbar, OF, is shown in the uniform of the Indianapolis ABC's.

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John Freyl Alexander was president of the Homestead Grays in 1912.

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The photo caption for the attached called the man "Former Homestead Grays team member John W. Veney." He was a catcher.

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Jesse Askew, SS, is shown in a Claybrook Tigers uniform. Jesse played for the St. Louis Stars in 1936.

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Charles Cromwell umpired for the Baltimore Black Sox and Baltimore Elite Giants for four decades ranging from the 1910's to 1940's. The attached artwork was produced by Gary Cierardkowski.

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Ben Banks is listed in the Negro Baseball Register in THE NEGRO LEAGUES BOOK as a second baseman who played with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1952. The attached photo accompanied an obituary story in January, 2014, which mentioned that Benjamin Landon Banks played for the Philadelphia Stars and Indianapolis Clowns, but was silent about the Monarchs. The article indicated that he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953, and at one point or another, he was in the farm systems of the Pirates, Braves, and Cardinals. Baseball-reference.com only presents the record of him in the Cardinals' system, and by that time, he was an outfielder. He is shown in the attached photo in the basketball uniform of the Chambersburg (PA) High School Trojans.

Ben Banks, second baseman, was the brother of Ernie Banks, and is a different player.

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Lamb "Bud" Barbee, P/1B/Mgr., is shown in the uniform of the Cincinnati Clowns.

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Ed Barnes, P, is shown in the uniform of the Kansas City Monarchs.

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William R. "Lefty" Bell, Jr. was a pitcher with the Kansas City Monarchs and Birmingham Black Barons during the 1949-54 period. He is shown on the left in street clothes, wearing a Minnesota Twins cap. Bell was drafted by the Twins in MLB's honorary draft in 2008. On the right is an obit photo showing him as a younger man. That photo is from SABR's Negro Leagues Research Committee Newsletter of June, 2021. He died on March 6, 2021 in Des Moines, IA.

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The Negro Baseball Register in THE NEGRO LEAGUES BOOK, edited by Dick Clark and Larry Lester, indicates that Willie Bennett was a shortstop and outfielder with the Kansas City Monarchs from 1952 to 1955. In Brent Kelley's book, I WILL NEVER FORGET, Negro Leagues player Marvin Jones mentions that a player named Willie Clyde Bennett was with Kansas City. The Negro Baseball Register also lists a second baseman with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1952 named Clyde Bennett, which overlaps with Willie Bennett's stint. I think that Willie Bennett and Clyde Bennett are the same player -- Willie Clyde Bennett.

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Don Vaughn, P, is shown in a Kansas City Monarchs uniform.