Gus Greenlee

William Augustus Greenlee (December 26, 1893 – July 7, 1952) was a highly successful businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was born and raised in Marion, North Carolina. After migrating to Pittsburgh as a young man and working in the steel industry, he started to acquire his own businesses.

Gus Greenlee
Born: William Augustus Greenlee
(1893-12-26)December 26, 1893
Marion, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: July 7, 1952(1952-07-07) (aged 58)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

There he also bought the Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team in 1931, founded the second Negro National League in 1933, serving as president; and built Greenlee Field, one of the few ball parks built for and owned by a Negro league team.

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