Chester Williams (baseball)

Chester Arthur Williams (May 25, 1906 – December 25, 1952) was an American Negro league shortstop for several teams between 1931 and 1943.

A native of Beaumont, Texas, Williams was selected for the East–West All-Star Game in each season from 1934 to 1937, and went 3-for-4 with a double in the 1934 game.

[1] He died in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1952 at age 46.

Williams was shot five times and killed at a nightclub he owned in the city.

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