From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Born in Greenup, KY, Clint Thomas, nicknamed "The Hawk," was a professional baseball player from 1920-1936 in the Negro Leagues, playing second base and center field for the Brooklyn Royal Giants, Columbus Buckeyes, Detroit Stars, Hilldale Club, Bacharach Giants, New York Lincoln Giants, Indianapolis ABCs, New York Black Yankees, Newark Eagles and the Philadelphia Stars. He had 400 home runs and 4,000 hits in 19 years. Thomas played centerfield with Philadelphia Hilldale when the team won the Negro championship in 1925 and 1926.

Senate Resolution No. 17-"A Resolution in honor of Clinton Cyrus Thomas, in recognition of twenty years of dedicated service and friendship to the Senate of West Virginia."

At the end of his baseball career, Thomas worked at the West Virginia State House, where one of his duties was to make coffee for the state legislators. He died in 1990 in Charleston, WV. and is buried in Cunningham Memorial Park in Saint Albans, WV. Senate Resolution No. 17, "A Resolution in honor of Clinton Cyrus Thomas, in recognition of twenty years of dedicated service and friendship to the Senate of West Virginia," is available at Find a Grave.

For more see The Ballplayers. Baseball's ultimate biographical reference, ed. by M. Shatzkin; SeamHeads.com; WV Public Broadcasting website; West Virginia Encyclopedia Online; Find a Grave; and Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, vol. 15 (Sept. 1986-Aug. 1988).