Cool Papa Bell
Baseball Player
1903 – 1991
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Who was Cool Papa Bell?
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1950. He is considered by many baseball observers to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. Stories demonstrating Bell's speed are still widely circulated. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He ranked 66th on a list of the greatest baseball players published by The Sporting News in 1999.
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