The following is the list of players on the Cleveland Buckeyes all-time roster. These are Cleveland Buckeyes players who appeared in at least one game for the Buckeyes while they were based either in Cleveland from 1942 to 1948 and 1950, Cincinnati in 1942, or Louisville in 1949.
On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games (and the affected players), while some games and players may be lost forever. Therefore, some Negro league players' affiliations will likely remain incomplete and possibly disputed.
A–D PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefHosea Allen1946PBuddy Armour1944–1946OFEarl Ashby1945CJoe Atkins19473BOtha Bailey1950CCannonball Berry1948OFJunius Bibbs19442BAlonzo Boone1942–1944, 1946–1947PLefty Boone1942PDoc Bracken1946–1947PGene Bremer1942–1948PChet Brewer1942–1943, 1946–1948PGeorge Britt1942–1944CGeorge Brown1942OFJohn Brown1944–1948PWalter Burch1942, 1944, 1946C / PJoe Caffie1950OFAvelino Cañizares1945SSFrank Carswell1944–1946, 1948PEli Chism1946OFThad Christopher1942–1943OFWebbo Clarke1946–1948PDuke Cleveland1942–1943OFJames Cooper1942PJohnnie Cowan1942, 1944–19472BWalter Crosby1944CJimmie Crutchfield1944OFLloyd Davenport1942, 1944–1945OFRosey Davis1945PRoss Davis1943, 1947P
E–L PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefFrank Evans1949–1950OFRayford Finch1945PFrank Fleming1946PWillie Grace1942–1950OFJoe Greene1948CWiley Griggs1950IFAdolphus Grimes1943OFNap Gulley1943PLovell Harden1943–1945PSonny Harris1942OFTommy Harris1946–1948CBilly Horne1942–1946SS / 2BWillie Hubert1942, 1946PJohnny Hundley1943OFTice James1942SSBill Jefferson1942–1946PJeff Jefferson1944–1945, 1947–1948PSam Jethroe1942–1948OFJohn Wesley Johnson Jr.1943OFSam Jones1947–1948PLeón Kellman1946–19493BWilbert King1944SSEddie Klep1946P
L–R PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefPhelbert Lawson1945PEarnest Long1948–1950PJohn Lyles1942–1943SS / 3BNathaniel McClinic1946–1948OFGeorge Minor1946–1948OFClyde Nelson1947–1948OF / 3BJim Oliver1946SSShirley Petway1944CAl Pinkston1948PHHank Presswood1948–1950SS / 3BMarvin Price1950George Provens19453BTed Radcliffe1949Chico Renfroe1948–1949Bill Reynolds19482BMarshall Riddle1942–19432B
S–Z PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefSam Segraves1942OFAl Smith1946–1948SS / OFGene Smith19423BGene Smith1947–1950PQuincy Smith1943OFTheolic Smith1943OFRaymond Taylor1942–1943CTed Toles Jr.1947Quincy Trouppe1945–1947CHenry Turner1943CEugene Tyler1942OFArchie Ware1942–19481BClyde Williams1947–1950PJesse F. Williams1944–1945, 1947CJesse Williams1947OFMarvin Williams1950IFEmmett Wilson1942OFParnell Woods1942–19453BSam Woods1946PRalph Wyatt1946SS
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