How to Pronounce Steel Arm Dickey
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Jun 02, 1896 Morganton, Georgia, United States Died on 11 Mar 1923 (aged 26)
American baseball player
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About Steel Arm Dickey
- Claude "Steel Arm" Dickey (born June 2, 1896) was a Negro Leagues pitcher for the first Negro Southern League and Negro National League.
- Researchers currently believe his real name is Claude Dickey, based on census records and World War I draft registration cards.
- Newspaper reports show he appears as Walter Claude, John Claude, and Jean Claude.
- Many reports simply call him Steel Arm Dickey. Dickey had a short career, dying at the age of 26 in Etowah, Tennessee. According to his death certificate, Dickey was killed after he was shot by a pistol.
- News reports later noted Dickey was killed by a knife.
- Either way, the medical examiner noted he died from a loss of blood, that he was wounded in the neck, and there was extensive damage to his esophagus.
- He also ruled the death a homicide.
- The informant appears to be a family member, Martin Dickey. Steel Arm Dickey was buried in the New Zion Cemetery in Etowah, Tennessee.
