| Eddie Dwight | |
| Position: | Utility player |
| Bats: | Both |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 1905 2, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dalton, Georgia |
| Death Place: | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Debutteam: | Indianapolis ABCs |
| Finalteam: | Kansas City Monarchs |
| Teams: | |
Edward Joseph Dwight Sr. (February 25, 1905 - November 27, 1975) was a utility player in the Negro leagues. He played mostly for the Kansas City Monarchs.[3] [4] [5] [6]
He graduated from Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kansas.[7]
After retiring from baseball, he went to work at Kansas State Grain laboratory where he worked as a chemist. In 1946, the Dwight family opened Dwight's Soda Grill in Kansas City, Kansas.
According to Dwight's wife, in taped interviews by Janet Bruce, Eddie Dwight worked as a bus driver for the Kansas City Monarchs into the team's later years, and continued to appear as a player.[8] In 1962, Dwight's son Eddie Dwight Jr. became the first black American selected for training as an astronaut by NASA. He would later go on to become a sculptor. Some of his subjects have included Negro league baseball players.
Dwight died at the age of 70 in Kansas City, Kansas.
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