Walter C. Davis
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Walter C. Steel Arm Davis (1902 in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

 - 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American baseball player in the Negro Leagues from 1923 to 1935. He played for the Detroit Stars
Detroit Stars
The Detroit Stars were a United States baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.- Founding :Founded in 1919 by Tenny Blount with the help of Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the...

, Chicago American Giants
Chicago American Giants
Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball...

, Nashville Elite Giants, and Brooklyn Eagles.

Death

Known to have a hot temper, Davis was shot and killed in a barroom brawl in Chicago in 1935.
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