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Also Known As Oscar McKinley Charleston
Born October 14, 1896 • Indianapolis • Indiana
Died October 5, 1954 (aged 57) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Awards And Honors Baseball Hall of Fame (1976)

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Oscar Charleston stands facing the camera in a pinstriped baseball uniform and cap, with a large letter C on his chest, photographed around 1923.
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