East–West All-Star Game

The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords.

[1] Newspaper balloting was set up to allow the fans to choose the starting lineups for that first game, a tradition that continued through the series' end in 1962.

Votes were tallied by two of the major African-American weekly newspapers of the day, the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier.

All games were held at Comiskey Park in Chicago unless otherwise noted.

[3] Other players that were named to multiple games were Leon Day (9), Neil Robinson (9), Quincy Trouppe (8), "Wild" Bill Wright (8), and Bill Byrd (8).

The 1936 Negro League East–West All-Star Game at Comiskey Park