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For Cleon Jones, Baseball Was Only the Beginning - The New York Times
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Cleon Jones - Wikipedia
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For Cleon Jones, Baseball Was Only the Beginning - The New York Times
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For Cleon Jones, Baseball Was Only the Beginning - The New York Times
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Former NY Mets great Cleon Jones is helping to restore Africatown
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Mets legend Cleon Jones' mission to rebuild Africatown
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Cleon Jones: Our First Homegrown Star - Metsmerized Online
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Cleon Jones Archives - Mets History
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Amazin' Memories: Cleon Jones, the Agony and the Ecstasy - Metsmerized Online
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