About Pete Sunkett
Pete Sunkett, 75, American baseball player.
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|Golden Leroy Sunkett Jr. (March 28, 1918 – May 9, 1993), nicknamed "Pete", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.
A native of Melfa, Virginia, Sunkett played for the Philadelphia Stars from 1943 to 1945. Following his baseball career, he served as a police detective in Camden, New Jersey. Sunkett died in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in 1993 at age 75.
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