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Melvin "Duke" Markham, born Melvin Nesbit (December 14, 1906 – January 29, 1939), was an American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played with the Newark Dodgers/Eagles in 1935 and 1936. Markham was shot and killed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1939.

References

1. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
2. "Duke Markham Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
3. Cunnion, Don (January 20, 1939). "The Sports Periscope". The Post-Star – via newspapers.com.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads

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