Andrew Rube Foster , 2021
watercolor
not for sale

Andrew "Rube" Foster
Born: September 17, 1879, Calvert, TX
Died: December 9, 1930, Kankakee, IL

Andrew "Rube" Foster founded the National Negro League and is known as the "Father of Black Baseball". He was a pitcher, manager and team owner. Foster purportedly earned the nickname “Rube” after besting white Hall of Famer Rube Waddell during a game in 1902. Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Sources: The Society for American Baseball Research, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball, Encyclopedia Britannica, National Public Radio, and the Library of Congress were the primary research sources for the biographical information contained in this exhibition label.

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