Player confirmation \ Uniform identification

[JollyElm]

Sorry, Jack, but unless he had extensive plastic surgery, there in no way in heck that is Hank Thompson. Utterly different head shape, nose, lips, teeth, ears, eyes, etc. Perhaps it is someone named Earl Thompson?

HankThompson.jpg

[YankeeFan]

Well, at least I didn't think it was Joe Jackson!

But I really did think there were some feature matches compared to some other photos I looked at.




Raised eyebrow, lips, faint hair line above the lip, dimples in the cheeks and, to my eye, the nose and lips are certainly passable.

That and the fact that I didn't find an Earl Thompson in "The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Leagues" or baseball-reference.com, I guess convinced me this must he Hank, and then led me to see somethings that were not there. Hopefully my photo matching skills will be better next time.

And I suppose I can't find a matching uniform because the preconceived notion of Hank Thompson also led me to only consider teams he played on.

I still would appreciate if anyone can identify the player and \ or uniform.

[Butch7999]

Baseball-reference [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=thomps001ear ] does have an Earl Thompson
pitching as a teenager for Dover in the Class D Eastern Shore League in 1948 and for Schenectady in the Class C
Can-Am League in '49.
No idea if it's the same guy in your photo (no pic at Baseball-reference, so their Earl Thompson might be black, white, or green).
Minor-league records at Baseball-reference are unfortunately incomplete, so even if it is your guy, he could have played for
other teams not listed there, including late-era Negro League teams.

[YankeeFan]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Baseball-reference [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=thomps001ear ] does have an Earl Thompson
pitching as a teenager for Dover in the Class D Eastern Shore League in 1948 and for Schenectady in the Class C
Can-Am League in '49.
No idea if it's the same guy in your photo (no pic at Baseball-reference, so their Earl Thompson might be black, white, or green).
Minor-league records at Baseball-reference are unfortunately incomplete, so even if it is your guy, he could have played for
other teams not listed there, including late-era Negro League teams.

Thank you for taking the time to share this info.
Looking into the Schenectady (NY) Blue Jays, I found that their first African-American player was Hank Mason in 1955. So, the Earl Thompson of 1949 is not the guy in this photo. Good lead though, and I appreciate it.

http://gremsdoolittlelibrary.blogspo...blue-jays.html (about half way down the page)