deaths
March 7, 1991
Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (born 1903)
Cool Papa Bell
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell was an American center fielder and pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Mexican League from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He ranked 66th on a list of the greatest baseball players published by The Sporting News in 1999.
March 7
March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 299 days remain until the end of the year.