Millito Navarro Baseball player

Emilio Navarro (September 26, 1905 – April 30, 2011), better known as "Millito Navarro", was the first Puerto Rican to play baseball in the American Negro Leagues. At the time of his death, at age 105, Navarro was the oldest former professional baseball player and the last surviving player from the American Negro League.

Personal facts

Millito Navarro
Birth dateSeptember 26, 1905
Birth place
Patillas Puerto Rico
Date of deathApril 30, 2011
Place of death
Ponce Puerto Rico

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Baseball player

batting sideRight
former teams
Negro league baseball
Cuban Stars (East)
Leones de Ponce (baseball)
teams
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Cuban Stars (East)
Leones de Ponce (baseball)
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Millito Navarro on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3419394
  2. http://www.nlbpa.com/navarro__emilio_-_millito.html
  3. http://www.pontealdia.com/article.php?article=19772&edition=273&shownav=1
  4. http://www.popsballyard.org/images/awards/Emillo%20Navarro.jpg