Need help I dentifying a few Negro League players Autos
 

I am hoping that I can get some help I dentifying a few of the names here on this page of autos. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The one above Connie John.

Also Jim Lefty ??? is it La Marque

also Bob Boyd??

The bottom one is likely Connie JohnSON, who pitched in the majors in the 50's. Bob Boyd is correct. Boyd also played in the majors in the 50's.

The next to last auto - maybe Jesse Rogers? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ima...sporting-goods

Dewitt "Woody" Smallwood
Alfred "Slick" Surratt
Jim "Lefty" LaMarque
John "Buck" O'Neil
Bob "The Rope" Boyd
???
Connie Johnson

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I thought the last name was Rogers but I didn't find a first name in the NL encyclopedia that matched. In fact, Jesse Rogers isn't listed. Any idea who he played for?

By the way, how cool are those nicknames? I love this stuff.

A quick search yielded this, on Rogers:

"Jesse Rogers, who played for the Monarchs from 1953-55 and later in the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs' Minor League systems"

From:
http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/new...=CommentWidget

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This book contain alot of KC blues autos. They were the farm team for the Yanks in the late 40's and 50's when these autos were obtained. I have about 30+ autos in this book. Mantle, Rizzuto, Skowren, Bauer, Siegrest, and alot more. I even have the bat boys autos from 51 when Mantle played for them. Thank god for Old women who were great ball fans. I wish I could have bought more of her collection.