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Jones was a rhythm and blues singer during his football days, and was backed by the band Nightshift, which later became the group War. Jones sang onstage with Ray Charles, [29] performed on The Hollywood Palace in 1967 and 1968, and on The Merv Griffin Show in 1970. Jones was the inspiration for the name of the 1977 song "Deacon Blues" by ...
Carroll Elmer "Deacon" Jones (December 20, 1892, in Arcadia, Kansas – December 28, 1952, in Pittsburg, Kansas), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1916 to 1918.
Category for players of the Clinton Pilots minor league baseball team, who played in the Central Association from 1914–1917 and later in the Midwest League from 1966–1976. Pages in category "Clinton Pilots players"
The Deacon Jones Trophy is an annual player of the year award given to the most outstanding all-around collegiate American football player of the year among teams from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Grover William "Deacon" Jones (April 18, 1934 – May 7, 2023) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He appeared in 40 Major League games as a first baseman and pinch hitter for the Chicago White Sox (1962–63; 1966).
Deacon Jones was born Dec. 28, 1869 in Evergreen, Ala. At 12, with his father’s permission, he went to work for the railroad. Deacon Jones married Ella Hawthorne in 1902 and farmed in Guthrie, Okla.
Deacon Jones won the first Midwest League Most Valuable Player Award in 1956. Willie Wilson, the 1975 MVP, was selected for the 1982 and 1983 MLB All-Star Games. [8] Paul Molitor, the 1977 winner, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. [9]
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