Manuel Stewart

Manuel Stewart (July 30, 1922 – May 27, 1954) was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.

Manuel Stewart
Third baseman
Born: (1922-07-30)July 30, 1922 Chester, South Carolina, U.S.
Died: May 27, 1954(1954-05-27) (aged 31) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
NNL debut
1946, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Last NNL appearance
1946, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
NNL statistics
Batting average	.000
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
Baltimore Elite Giants (1946)

A native of Chester, South Carolina, Stewart played for the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1946. He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1954 at age 31.^[1][2]

Stewart, who served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, was serving as a patrolman in New Jersey for three years when he killed his girlfriend, Gladys Foreman, and then himself with his service revolver.^[3]