William Dumpson

{{short description|American baseball and basketball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = William Dumpson | image = William Dumpson.jpg | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|2|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = Port Washington, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|7|15|1930|2|12|mf=y}} | death_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. | bats = | throws = | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1948 | debutteam = New York Black Yankees | finaldate = | finalyear = 1948 | finalteam = New York Black Yankees | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * New York Black Yankees (1948) }} '''William Garfield Dumpson''' (February 12, 1930 – July 15, 2014) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues.

Dumpson was raised and attended school in Port Washington, New York.<ref name="newsday1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/william-dumpson-84-played-in-negro-league-and-for-globetrotters-1.8848376|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308084828/http://www.newsday.com/sports/william-dumpson-84-played-in-negro-league-and-for-globetrotters-1.8848376|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title = William Dumpson, 84, played in Negro League and for Globetrotters}}</ref> He was a member of the Indianapolis Clowns in 1950, Homestead Grays, Philadelphia Stars and the New York Black Yankees. Dumpson was also a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. He died in 2014 at the age of 84.<ref name="newsday1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nlbemuseum.com/nlbemuseum/history/players/dumpson.html|title=Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: William Dumpson|publisher=Negro Leagues Baseball Museum|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JU4DX3YK3gC&q=William+Dumpson+baseball&pg=PR10 |title = If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige|isbn = 9780826219787|last1 = Spivey|first1 = Donald|date = 2012-05-14| publisher=University of Missouri Press }}</ref>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=d/dougled01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=dumps01bil Seamheads]

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