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Charles Randolph Prim
Pitcher
Born: (1896-11-07)November 7, 1896
Prescott, Arkansas
Died: November 26, 1986(1986-11-26) (aged 90)
Salina, Kansas
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1925, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Last Negro league baseball appearance
1926, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Teams

Charles Randolph Prim (November 7, 1896 – November 26, 1986) was a Negro League Baseball player with the Kansas City Monarchs.

Biography

Prim was born on November 7, 1896 in Prescott, Arkansas to Joe and Ida Prim.[1] He moved with his family to Kansas City, Kansas at an early age.

Prim was a United States Army veteran of the first World War.[2][3] He joined the Kansas City Monarchs in 1925, when he was 28 years old and played with them for two years, acting as their pitcher in 1926.[4]

Prim was a Methodist who became a bricklayer, joined the Bricklayers Union, and was a 50-year member of his Masonic Lodge. At the age of 84, Prim moved to Kenwood View Nursing Home in Salina, Kansas, and lived there for six years. He died on November 26th, 1986 at the age of 90 and was buried in Salina's Gypsum Hill Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Randolph Prim". Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia - ArkBaseball.com.
  2. ^ "Randolph Prim -United States World War I Draft Registration Cards". Intellectual Reserve, Inc - FamilySearch.org.
  3. ^ "Primm, Randolph". Smoky Valley Genealogical Society - Ancestry.com.
  4. ^ "Charles Prim - Charles Randolph Prim". Sports Reference LLC - Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "Gypsum Hill Cemetery". City of Salina, Kansas - ci.Salina.KS.us.
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