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These biographies were published in The First Negro League Champion: The 1920 Chicago American Giants (2022), edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin. Click here to download the e-book or purchase the paperback edition.

Rudolph Ash (University of Michigan)

Rudolph Ash

The First Negro League Champion: The 1920 Chicago American Giants, edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin

Eddie Boyd

Dave Brown (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

Dave Brown

Jim Brown (NoirTech Research)

Jim Brown

Bingo DeMoss

George Dixon (NoirTech Research)

George Dixon

William "Buck" Ewing (SEAMHEADS.COM)

Buck Ewing

Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Rube Foster

Judy Gans (NoirTech Research)

Judy Gans

Jelly Garder (National Baseball Hall of Fame)

Jelly Gardner

Leroy Grant

Leroy Grant

Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson

Dave Malarcher (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

Dave Malarcher

Jack Marshall (NoirTech Research)

Jack Marshall

Dink Mothell (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

Dink Mothell

John Reese (NoirTech Research)

John Reese

Arvell "Bill" Riggins (NoirTech Research)

Bill Riggins

John Schorling (center in suit and bow tie) was Rube Foster's business partner and the American Giants' home field, Schorling Park, bore his name for several years (Photo: Chicago Defender, September 21, 1986)

John Schorling

Game action at South Side Park, later Schorling Park, in 1907. (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM)

Schorling Park (Chicago)

Cristóbal Torriente

Frank Warfield (Trading Card DB)

Frank Warfield

Frank Wickware

Bobby Williams

Tom Williams (NoirTech Research)

Tom Williams

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