
NEGRO LEAGUES CENTENNIAL TEAM BOBBLEHEAD SERIES: Leon Day

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Item Description
The Negro League Centennial Team (1920-2020) is comprised of 30 of the greatest African-American and Cuban players from 1895-1947 plus a manager and a team owner. Each individual is depicted on a baseball-shaped base with replica of Kansas City's Paseo YMCA, the site where the Negro National League was organized on February 13th, 1920. The bobbleheads are officially licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and approved by the families when applicable. Each player is individually numbered to only 2,020. This bobblehead is of Leon Day, a member of the Newark Eagles.
"If Satchel Paige is like the Negro League icon, Leon Day is the warrior." - Newark Eagles teammate Max Manning. Day, one of the Negro Leagues' best athletes, both pitched and played a field position on his off days, his versatility being a major asset to his team. According to baseballinwartime.com, Day was one of 239 Negro League players to serve in the Armed Forces during World War II. Day landed at Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944, with 818th Amphibian Battalion. In 1945, he joined fellow Negro Leagues' star Willard Brown on the Overseas Invasion Service Expedition (OISE) All-Stars. This integrated team won the European Theater of Operations baseball championship. Day was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.
"If Satchel Paige is like the Negro League icon, Leon Day is the warrior." - Newark Eagles teammate Max Manning. Day, one of the Negro Leagues' best athletes, both pitched and played a field position on his off days, his versatility being a major asset to his team. According to baseballinwartime.com, Day was one of 239 Negro League players to serve in the Armed Forces during World War II. Day landed at Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944, with 818th Amphibian Battalion. In 1945, he joined fellow Negro Leagues' star Willard Brown on the Overseas Invasion Service Expedition (OISE) All-Stars. This integrated team won the European Theater of Operations baseball championship. Day was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.