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Quincy Trouppe (1912–?) was a baseball playerand an amateur boxing champion. He was a catcher in the Negro Leagues from 1930 to 1949.

He also played in the Mexican League, and the Canadian Provincial League. His teams included St. Louis Stars, Detroit Wolves, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago American Giants, Indianapolis ABC's, Cleveland Buckeyes (whom he managed to North American League titles in 1945 and 1947), New York Cubans, and Bismarck Churchills. He played in Latin America for fourteen winter seasons and barnstormed with black all-star teams playing against white major league players. He caught six games for the 1952 Cleveland Indians and made 84 appearances with their Triple-A farm club.

Bibliography

Trouppe, Quincy. 20 Years Too Soon (1977). Autobiography

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