Alonzo D. "Buster" Boone (January 13, 1908 – April 8, 1982) was an American

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in the

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. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams. Boone was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942.

Ulysses Brown Ulysses "Joe" "Buster" Brown (1920 – September 7, 1942) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1942 with the Newark Eagles, Chicago American Giants, and the Cincinnati Clowns. Brown died in a car accident ...

and

Smoky Owens Raymond "Smoky" Owens (1912 – September 7, 1942) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues. He played from 1939 to 1942 with the Cleveland Bears, St. Louis Stars (baseball), St. Louis Stars, and the Cincinnati ...

died, while Boone, Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, and Wilbur Hayes were injured. From 1948 to 1950, Boone managed the Cleveland/St. Louis Buckeyes.

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