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Randolph Prim
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Born (1896-11-07)November 7, 1896
Prescott, Arkansas
Died November 26, 1986(1986-11-26) (aged 90)
Salina, Kansas

Randolph Prim (November 7, 1896 – November 26, 1986) was a Negro league baseball player with the Kansas City Monarchs.

Biography[]

Prim was born on November 7, 1896, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Joe and Ida Prim.[1] He moved with his family to Kansas City, Kansas, at an early age.

Prim was a United States Army veteran of the First World War.[2] He joined the Kansas City Monarchs in 1925 when he was 28 years old and played with them for two years. He was their pitcher in 1926.[3]

Prim was a Methodist who became a bricklayer. He joined the Bricklayers Union in Kansas City and he was a 50-year member of his Masonic Lodge.

At the age of 84, Prim moved to Kenwood View Nursing Home in Salina, Kansas. He lived there for six years, dying on November 26, 1986, at the age of 90. He was buried at Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina.[4]

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