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Theodore Page
Deceased
Year Inducted:1977
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Ted Page (April 22, 1903 - December 1, 1984), nicknamed "Terrible Ted", was a baseball player from 1923 to 1937. Page played for numerous Negro League teams, including the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1903. In his early years, Page said that he had no awareness of racial differences. His family moved to Youngstown, Ohio when he was nine and they lived in a neighborhood largely composed of families of European descent. He said that many of his childhood friends were Polish and Italian.
In 1923, Page signed with the Toledo Tigers, but he was cut before playing a game. Over the next several seasons, he played for the Newark Stars, Brooklyn Royal Giants, and Baltimore Black Sox.
Page played with the Homestead Grays in 1930 and 1931. He moved on to the Pittsburgh Crawfords, where he batted in front of Cool Papa Bell.
In 1934, popular major league pitcher Dizzy Dean assembled a team of major league players and a team of Negro League players to tour large metropolitan areas and play exhibition games against each other. The Negro League team included Page, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Buck Leonard, Jud "Boojum" Wilson and Cool Papa Bell. The major league team included Paul Dean, Larry French and a retired Hack Wilson. Page said that his team won seven out of nine matchups.
After retiring from baseball, Page operated a bowling alley in Pittsburgh. Tragically, he was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat on December 1, 1984. Jeffrey Sullivan, 20, was charged with his murder. Sullivan had performed yard work for Page and said that Page owed him money. Sullivan was convicted of second-degree murder and is serving a life sentence.
In August 2013, the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project announced that it would hold a ceremony to mark Page's grave at Allegheny Cemetery in Pennsylvania. His ashes were thought to have been lost, but they were located in a community cellar at the cemetery. During his later life, Page raised money to mark the grave of Negro League star Josh Gibson at the same cemetery.
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