Eddie Dwight

Edward Joseph Dwight Sr. (February 25, 1905 – November 27, 1975) was a utility player in the Negro leagues. He played mostly for the Kansas City Monarchs.^[3][4][5]

Eddie Dwight
Utility player
Born: (1905-02-25)February 25, 1905 Dalton, Georgia, US
Died: November 27, 1975(1975-11-27) (aged 70) Kansas City, Kansas, US
Batted: Both Threw: Right
debut
1925, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last appearance
1937, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Indianapolis ABCs (1925) Gilkerson's Union Giants (1926–1927)[1] Kansas City Monarchs (1928–1929, 1933-1937)[2] Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933) (1931-1932)

He graduated from Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kansas.^[6]

After retiring from baseball, he went to work at Kansas State Grain laboratory where he worked as a chemist. In 1946, the Dwight family opened Dwight's Soda Grill in Kansas City, Kansas.^[6]

According to Dwight's wife, in taped interviews by Janet Bruce, Eddie Dwight worked as a bus driver for the Kansas City Monarchs into the team's later years, and continued to appear as a player.^[7] In 1962, Dwight's son Eddie Dwight Jr. became the first black American selected for training as an astronaut by NASA. He would later go on to become a sculptor. Some of his subjects have included Negro league baseball players.

Dwight died at the age of 70 in Kansas City, Kansas.