Elmer Honea

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Elmer Bonds Honea1 , born August 3rd, 1915 in Blevins, AR2 , was a professional baseball player with the 1936 Fayetteville Bears.

Biography

Elmer Honea's only season of professional baseball was with the Fayetteville Bears in the 1936 Arkansas-Missouri League. In his very first professional at-bat, Honea hit a grandslam3 . He went on to hit 20 homeruns that season, third best in the league.

Honea graduated from the University of Arkansas. He died on March 1st, 1985 in Fayetteville, AR4 and was buried in Weddington Cemetery in Weddington, AR5 .

Stats

Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.

1 Listed in baseball records under name "Elmer Honer."
3 Angels in the Ozarks, by J.B. Hogan
4 Social Security Death Index