William Augustus "Gus" Greenlee (1893–1952) was a Negro League baseball owner and an African-American businessman. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Part of the History of baseball series. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks are an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. ...

Gus Greenlee was born in 1893 and migrated from North Carolina to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Hill District in 1916. He first made his reputation as a numbers runner, then later as the owner of the Crawford Grille nightclub and the Negro League baseball team the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1932 he opened Greenlee Field, the first black-owned and black-built baseball field in America. The Pittsburgh Crawfords are arguably the best team ever to play in the Negro Leagues, as it produced five Baseball Hall of Fame players. In 1933 Greenlee organized the annual East-West Classic, an all-star baseball game in Chicago between Negro League stars. State nickname: Tar Heel State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley (D) Senators Elizabeth Dole (R) Richard Burr (R) Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... (This article is about the city. ... The Hill District is considered by many to be the cultural center of African-American life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which played in the Negro Leagues. ... Greenlee Field was the first black-built and black-owned major league baseball field in the United States. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

Greenlee died of a stroke July 7, 1952. He is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery. A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ... Allegheny Cemetery is one of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanias largest, oldest, and most picturesque cemeteries. ...