Steel Arm Dickey

American baseball player

Baseball player

Steel Arm Dickey

Pitcher
Born: (1896-06-02)June 2, 1896 Morganton, Georgia
Died: March 11, 1923(1923-03-11) (aged 26) Etowah, Tennessee
Batted: Left Threw: Left
debut
1922, for the St. Louis Stars
Last appearance
1922, for the St. Louis Stars
Career statistics
Win–loss record	2–2
Earned run average	6.39
Strikeouts	19

Teams
St. Louis Stars (1922)

Claude "Steel Arm" Dickey (June 2, 1896 – March 11, 1923) was a Negro leagues pitcher for the first Negro Southern League and Negro National League. Researchers currently believe his real name is Claude Dickey, based on census records and World War I draft registration cards. Newspaper reports show he appears as Walter Claude, John Claude, and Jean Claude. Many reports simply call him Steel Arm Dickey.

Dickey had a short career, dying at the age of 26 in Etowah, Tennessee.

According to his death certificate, Dickey was killed after he was shot by a pistol. News reports later noted Dickey was killed by a knife. Either way, the medical examiner noted he died from a loss of blood, that he was wounded in the neck, and there was extensive damage to his esophagus. He also ruled the death a homicide. The informant appears to be a family member, Martin Dickey.

Dickey was buried in the New Zion Cemetery in Etowah, Tennessee.^[1]

References

^ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSG6-XVR : accessed 08 Sep 2013), Walter Dickey, 1923.