Sell Hall

Sellers McKee Hall (June 15, 1888 – February 13, 1951) was the first African-American music promoter to be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as professional player and executive in Negro league baseball.

Several of the acts that Hall booked include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Eckstine, Cab Calloway and Don Redman.

[1] Hall became a multi-sport athletic star excelling in track, football, basketball, and baseball playing for Pittsburgh's Central High School.

Upon graduation, he took a job at the United States Postal Service, however he continued his athletic career playing for sandlot and semi-pro teams in baseball, football, and basketball.

Sell became a star pitcher with the independent club team Pittsburgh Colored Collegians in 1913, with his brother, Howard 'Ram" Hall, serving as his catcher.