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Jun 26, 1924 Died on 31 Jan 2004 (aged 79)
American baseball player
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About Ernest Burke
- Ernest Burke (June 26, 1924 – January 31, 2004) was an American baseball player in the Negro League. Ernest Burke was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
- During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
- Burke was one of the first black U.S.
- Marines to serve in World War II, and earned a medal as a sharpshooter.
- During his tour of duty in the Pacific, Burke began to play baseball. After the war, he became a pitcher and outfielder for the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League.
- He played for Baltimore from 1946 to 1949.
- In 1949, he joined the Pough-Kingston team in the Western League, then later played in the Canadian Provincial League. Burke died of kidney cancer complications at the age of 79.
