1950-51 Denia In Action #49, Quincy Trouppe ⭐ Negro League Great
1910 T218 #60, Edward Payson Weston ⭐ The Pedestrian
1910 T220 Champions ⭐ Fight Between J.Sullivan and J.Kilrain
1910 T220 Champions, Peter Jackson ⭐ Boxing Pioneer
This was my first and only submission to SGC.
The 1951 Denia In Action card of MLB Pioneer Quincy Trouppe was a reholder.
The others I bought raw - I was so disappointed in SGC that I never went back.

2001 Fleer Greats Of The Game, Autograph ⭐ Larry Doby - MLB Pioneer
This is one of several cards in this set that are autographed by Negro League greats.
Lucky to have found this great example to add to my collection.
Larry Doby has often been called "the forgotten pioneer."
While Jackie Robinson rightly receives enormous recognition for integrating Major League Baseball, Doby carried nearly the same burden as Jackie Robinson, but without the same recognition and zero public support.
Robinson had the benefit of spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization and a season in the minors to prepare. Doby was called directly from the Negro Leagues, handed a major league uniform, and expected to succeed immediately in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.
On July 5, 1947, he became the first Black player in the history of the American League, forever changing baseball.
He became a superstar, not merely a symbol.
Doby was a seven-time All-Star, led the A.L. in HRs twice, and was one of the game's premier power hitters during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

1952 Mother's Cookies, #37, PCL ⭐ Roy Welmaker - Negro League Great

Roy Welmaker was a star left-handed professional baseball pitcher who starred in the Negro leagues between 1932 and 1948, playing for the Homestead Grays and Philadelphia Stars.
He led the Negro National League in ERA in 1937, topped the league in wins in 1945, and helped guide the Grays to a Negro World Series championship in 1944.
Welmaker also showcased his talents internationally, winning the prestigious Pitching Triple Crown during the inaugural 1946 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season by leading in wins, strikeouts, and ERA.
Because full MLB integration happened so late in his career, he didn't get signed by an MLB organization until 1949, when he was already 35 years old.
His journey through integrated affiliated baseball included several notable stops including a stint in the Pacific Coast League with the Hollywood Stars.

1953 Mother's Cookies Piper Davis #54 ⭐ MLB Pioneer
Have an extra biscuit with your morning cup of Joe!
Lorenzo “Piper” Davis was one of the most important figures in the Birmingham Black Barons during the Negro League era.
He was a superb and versatile infielder, playing for Birmingham from 1942–1950 and became its player-manager, leading the Black Barons to the 1943, 1944 and 1948 Negro American League pennants.
Perhaps Davis's greatest legacy was as a teacher and mentor to Willie Mays.
He discovered and signed Mays as a teenager and taught him the fundamentals and toughness that would help launch one of baseball's greatest careers.
Mays later called Davis “the most important person in my early baseball years.”
Davis himself was an outstanding player who reportedly came close to a major-league career and was ultimately signed by the Boston Red Sox as their first Black player, although he never appeared in a major-league game.

1952 Parkhurst Frostade #21 ⭐ Wilmer Fields
Like many Negro League stars, Wilmer Fields was denied an opportunity to showcase his baseball talent in the Majors.
Notwithstanding, Wilmer Fields was a versatile two-way player in the Negro leagues, and also played in Canada and several Latin American leagues, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. In most leagues, he was a pitcher but played at third base or outfield in games when he was not scheduled to pitch. His consistent batting and pitching skills helped him capture the Most Valuable Player award on many occasions throughout the course of his distinguished career.