Daniel Kennard (September 3, 1883 – May 21, 1947) was a

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...

catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the catc ...

for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons. On July 28, 1915, 31 year-old Kennard moved from the West Baden Sprudels to become the catcher for the

Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fin ...

. He started his first game for the A.B.C.s by pitching."Notes of the A.B.C.'s" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, July 31, 1915, Page 4, Column 4
/ref> Kennard died at the age of 63 in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

and is buried at St. Peter's Cemetery in Hillsdale, MO.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennard, Daniel Negro league baseball managers Chicago American Giants players French Lick Plutos players St. Louis Giants players Indianapolis ABCs players Detroit Stars players St. Louis Stars (baseball) players St. Louis Giants (1924) players 1883 births 1947 deaths Baseball players from St. Louis West Baden Sprudels players Baseball catchers 20th-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen