Duke Markham
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 External links and Seamheads Newark Dodgers players Newark Eagles players 1906 births 1939 deaths Baseball players from South Carolina Baseball outfielders 20th-century African-American sportspeople Deaths by firearm in North Carolina