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Dobie Moore, 1942

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Gary Ashwill

Here’s a bit of follow-up to some pretty old research: an actual image of Dobie Moore’s WW2 draft card, filled out in Detroit in April, 1942.

Chicago Defender (August 14, 1943, p. 24)

I still don’t know when or where he died; currently the last sighting I have of Moore is an appearance as pallbearer at George Carr’s funeral in Los Angeles in January, 1948 (the other pallbearers included two Hall of Famers, Biz Mackey and Jud Wilson).

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    Kevin

    His address is about .6 of a mile from present day Comerica Park.

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