Comer Cox Collection
Title
Comer Cox Collection
Subject
Cox, Comer L. (Comer Lane), 1905-1971
African American baseball players
African American athletes
African Americans
Football players
Baseball players
Baseball
Football
High school athletes
School sports
Athletes
Description
Comer Cox was born in Athens, Alabama, and lived in Saint Louis, Missouri. He attended Sumner High School, the first school for African Americans west of the Mississippi River. Cox played baseball during the 1930 and 1931 seasons for the Negro National League's Nashville Elite Giants and the Negro Southern League's Cleveland Cubs. Cox later moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he became the director of the Springfield Urban League. Springfield's Comer Cox Park is named for him.
Photographs in this collection include images of Comer Cox playing baseball and football at Sumner High School.
Photographs in this collection include images of Comer Cox playing baseball and football at Sumner High School.
Collection Items
"Scrapping for Positions"
!["Scrapping for Positions"](https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/thumbnails/ac19812417d1da3b66d5615027c88a22.jpg ""Scrapping for Positions"")
Members of the Sumner High School baseball team, including Comer Cox, pose for a photograph.
Comer Cox
Comer Cox crouches in a starting position for a photograph while wearing his football uniform. Two players and a goal post are visible over his right shoulder.
Sumner High School Baseball Team
Four members of the Sumner High School baseball team, including Comer Cox (2nd from left), pose for a portrait behind a display of three baseball bats and a ball.
!["Cap'd Cox"](https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/thumbnails/ff96fbc1d35f5ae189e5f5720bbbc4b3.jpg ""Cap'd Cox"")
!["Cox and Ranki Oh! Boy"](https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/thumbnails/366882c8f452ec038abbe56cc0a18d37.jpg ""Cox and Ranki Oh! Boy"")
Collection Tree
- Illinois Photographic Collection
- Comer Cox Collection