Robert Palm, born October 6th, 1915 in Clarendon, AR1
was a Negro league baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Palm was the son of William Palm and Lillie (nee Branch) Palm.2
Palm, a catcher, played independent baseball in St. Louis during the 1930s, primarily with the St. Louis Giants. In 1944, he signed with the Cleveland Buckeyes.
Palm died in July 19763 and was buried in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Normandy, MO.4
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Biography
Palm was the son of William Palm and Lillie (nee Branch) Palm.2
Palm, a catcher, played independent baseball in St. Louis during the 1930s, primarily with the St. Louis Giants. In 1944, he signed with the Cleveland Buckeyes.
Palm died in July 19763 and was buried in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Normandy, MO.4
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1
"Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXB-3VKP : Fri Apr 11 15:36:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Robert Palm and Lillie Palm, 16 Oct 1940.
2
"United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHJZ-JJ8 : Sun Mar 10 09:27:33 UTC 2024), Entry for William Palm and Lillie Palm, 1930.
3
St. Louis Post Dispatch, 7/21/1976
4
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61882710/robert-palm: accessed April 26, 2025), memorial page for Robert Palm (unknown–Jul 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61882710, citing Saint Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 46496806).