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Eddie Dancy

Eddie Dancy, born January 10th, 1935 in Earle, AR,1 2 was a Negro baseball player around 1955. He was the brother of Nate Dancy and Leroy Dancy.

Biography

Dancy was the son of Fred Dancy and Callie (nee Ewing) Dancy.3 4 He grew up near Earle, AR.

Dancy may have played with the Memphis Red Sox in 1955.5 6 In 1956, he played with the Holyoke Allies in the semi-pro Tri-County League of western Massachusetts.7 In 1958, he was signed by Winnipeg in the Northern League, but was released before the 1959 season.8

2 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQVF-56Q : 8 January 2021), Eddie Dancey in household of Fred Dancey, Earle, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-24, sheet 7A, line 24, family 163, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 131.
3 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQVF-56Q : 8 January 2021), Eddie Dancey in household of Fred Dancey, Earle, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-24, sheet 7A, line 24, family 163, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 131.