Earnest Long
- September 20, 2000
- 72 years
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Earnest Long, 72, American baseball player.
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|Earnest Sylvestor Long (October 11, 1927 – September 20, 2000), nicknamed "the Kid", was an American Negro league pitcher for the Chattanooga Choo-Choos and Cleveland Buckeyes between 1945 and 1950.
A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Long was selected to the West squad for the 1949 East–West All-Star Game. He died in Rome, Georgia in 2000 at age 72.
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