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First Black Red Sox Player Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green Dies
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First Black Red Sox Player Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green Dies
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Baseball Welcomes First African-Born Player to the Majors
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Pumpsie Green stars in his Fenway debut - The Boston Globe
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Red Sox History: Gene Conley, Pumpsie Green Disappear from Bus
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Pumpsie' Green, first African American player for Red Sox, dies at
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Obituary: “Pumpsie” Green (1933-2019) – RIP Baseball
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Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout: The Last of the Firsts—Pumpsie
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Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis: The Red Sox of the
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Pumpsie Green, 1st black player on Red Sox, dies at 85 - The
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Obituary: “Pumpsie” Green (1933-2019) – RIP Baseball
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Pumpsie Green, 1st black player on Boston Red Sox, dies - ESPN
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Pumpsie' Green, 1st Black Player On Red Sox, Dies At 85
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Pumpsie Green, first black player on Boston Red Sox, dies at 85