Talk:Dave Brown (baseball)

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A fact from Dave Brown (baseball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 September 2008, and was viewed approximately 3,214 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Negro league baseball pitcher Dave Brown disappeared in 1925 after murdering a man in a bar fight, but was rumored to have secretly resumed pitching under the alias "Lefty Wilson"?

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Was he wanted for murder, or for questioning?

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The FBI (for some reason, and not a local PD) was looking for him about the killing, but the article doesn't note that he was a fugitive. Feedback, please. = Jack Sebastian (talk) 18:33, 22 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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