[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING CHARLES ``CHUCK'' HARMON

  (Mr. WENSTRUP asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, on July 14, Cincinnati will host the Major 
League Baseball All-Star Game, and I want to take the opportunity to 
recognize a famous Redleg, Charles ``Chuck'' Harmon, the first African 
American to play for the Cincinnati Reds.
  Chuck Harmon paved the way for many African American major league 
baseball players, like fellow Redleg Frank Robinson, who credits Harmon 
as helping launch his career.
  Mr. Harmon entered the 1954 season on April 17 as a right-handed 
infielder with the Reds. With a .242 batting average during his Reds 
career, he was also known as the fastest player on the team during his 
rookie season.
  Ohio's Second District continues to celebrate Mr. Harmon's legacy by 
celebrating his career at the Great American Ball Park at the All-Star 
game 50 years after his first at bat, by renaming a street in his 
hometown of Golf Manor to Chuck Harmon Way, and by unveiling a statue 
for the Reds Urban Youth Academy in Roselawn.
  Thank you, Chuck Harmon, for your pioneering contributions to 
breaking the color barrier in our Nation's pastime. Your 
accomplishments will forever be recognized by generations of Americans 
to come.

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