Ambrose Reid

This article was written by Jeb Stewart

The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness, edited by Thomas Kern and Bill Nowlin 

This biography appears in The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (SABR, 2026), edited by Thomas Kern and Bill Nowlin. SABR members can download a free e-book edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition at SABR.org/ebooks.

Full Name

Ambrose Leevolio Reid

Born

December 3, 1898 at Eatonton, GA (USA)

Died

April 7, 1966 at Philadelphia, PA (USA)

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