Bert Gholston
American baseball umpire
title: "Bert Gholston" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1888-births", "1954-deaths", "negro-league-baseball-personnel", "baseball-umpires", "hampton-university-alumni", "african-americans-in-world-war-i", "20th-century-african-american-sportsmen", "20th-century-american-sportsmen", "united-states-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "african-american-united-states-army-personnel", "african-american-referees-and-umpires"] description: "American baseball umpire" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Gholston" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American baseball umpire ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Bert Gholston |
| position | Umpire |
| birth_name | Burnett Edward Gholston |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Suffolk County, New York, US |
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| name = Bert Gholston | image = | caption = | position = Umpire | birth_name = Burnett Edward Gholston | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = Suffolk County, New York, US | bats = | throws = | debutleague = | debutdate = | debutyear = | debutteam = | finaldate = | finalyear = | finalteam = | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = | highlights = Burnett Edward Gholston (July 28, 1888 – November 19, 1954) was an American baseball umpire in the Negro leagues. He umpired for 20 years, from 1923 to 1943, in both the first and second Negro National League, and the East-West League. TOC
Early life and career
Gholston attended Hampton Institute from 1909 to 1911. During World War I, he served in the 24th Infantry Division and 10th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, reaching the rank of first sergeant.
References
References
- [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q55L-PS3Z Burnett Edward Gholston, Principal; United States, Veterans Administration Master]. [[FamilySearch]].
- Riley, James A.. (1994). "The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues". Carroll & Graf.
- Wilson, W. Rollo (September 29, 1934). "Sports Shots; : New York Again Mecca of baseball; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=87227014 Just Kicking the Ball Around"]. ''The Pittsburgh Courier''. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- Workman staff (April 1919).[https://books.google.com/books?id=k64iAQAAIAAJ&dq=hamp+%22negro+graduates%22+gholston&pg=PA205 "Graduates and Ex-Students: Honor Roll"]. ''The Southern Workman''. p. 205. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- Special to the Washington Post (May 4, 1910). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=87227599 "Hampton Student a Suicide"]. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- Gaynor, E. M.. (1934-09-22). "Bert Gholston, Noted Umpire, Names All-Star Selection for 1934 season". [[The New York Age]].
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