| Dave Thomas | |
| Position: | First baseman |
| Birth Date: | March 22, 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Mobile, Alabama |
| Death Place: | Mobile, Alabama |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1929 |
| Debutteam: | Birmingham Black Barons |
| Finalyear: | 1946 |
| Finalteam: | New York Cubans |
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David Thomas (March 22, 1905 - July 27, 1968), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American first baseman in the Negro leagues from 1929 to 1946.
A native of Mobile, Alabama, Thomas is considered one of the greatest defensive first basemen in Negro leagues history.[1] In 1945 at age 40, he and Terris McDuffie were given a tryout by Branch Rickey and the Brooklyn Dodgers, two years prior to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the baseball color line.[2]
Thomas died in Mobile in 1968 at age 63.
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