title: Pen Gilliard
text: # Pen Gilliard
  
  Peniker Gilliard (May 13, 1904 – May 22, 1981) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s.
  
  A native of Mansfield, Louisiana, Gilliard made his Negro leagues debut in 1937 with the Memphis Red Sox. He finished his career the following season with the Chicago American Giants and Kansas City Monarchs. Gilliard died in Los Angeles, California in 1981 at age 77.
  
  