Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition

O’Neil gets long-awaited Hall of Fame recognition 15 years after his death; Negro Leaguer, Minnie Minoso and early Black Baseball star, Bud Fowler, also elected.

  • Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
    Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
    Buck O’Neil Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
    This time there were tears of joy flowing freely at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) after National Baseball Hall of Fame President, Josh Rawitch, announced that John “Buck” O’Neil had been voted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Rawitch made the announcement during a nationally televised selection show on the MLB Network on Sunday, Dec. 5 triggering a chain reaction of el...

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