Professional Baseball Player. He played in the Negro Leagues during the 1910s. He was born one of five children as Robert Ozie Yendes to Albert Holmes Yendes (1856-1942), and his wife Della F. Yendes (1863-1946), in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 22, 1898. He played at the position of pitcher and centerfielder with the All Nations making his professional baseball debut with them in 1917. He continued to play with the All Nations through the rest of the baseball season of 1917. His 162 Game Average consisted of 138 Plate Appearances, 148.2 Innings Pitched, -8.1 Total Wins Above Replacement, -1.1 Offensive Wins Above Replacement, -1.1 Fielding Wins Above Replacement, and -01.1 Positional Adjustment. The 5'11" and 170lbs pitcher and centerfielder also played minor league baseball for the Topeka Kaws in the Southwestern League in 1922. His minor league records for the Topeka Kaws in the Southwestern League consisted of 126 Games, 0 Plate Appearances, 444 At Bats, 0 Runs Scored, 104 Hits, 27 Doubles, 4 Triples, 8 Homeruns, 0 Runs Batted In, 0 Stolen Bases, 0 Caught Stealing, 0 Walks, 0 Strikeouts, .232 Hits At Bats, .363 Total Bases/At Bats, 164 Total Bases, 0 Times Hit By A Pitch, 1 Sacrifice Hits, 0 Sacrifice Flies, and 0 Intentional Bases On Balls. After leaving his professional baseball career, he worked as a scaler in a packing house in Kansas City, Missouri, and was drafted during World War I, but he never served. He was also drafted during World War II, but again, he never served. He also worked as a coppersmith, also known as a brazier, who is a person who makes artifacts from copper and brass, he also worked for the Rock Island Railroad Roundhouse in Kansas City, Missouri, for 35 years, and was a pipe fitter for the Steam Railroad in his own business, also in Kansas City, Missouri, until his retirement in 1963. He later moved to San Diego, California, in 1977, where he lived until his death. He passed away at a hospital in San Diego, California, on December 30, 1980, at the age of 82. Following his death, his funeral service was held at the Mount Moriah Chapel in Kansas City, Missouri, and he was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. He was married to Annabel Grace Fisher Yendes Jr. (1907-2005), with whom he had one child, a son named Robert Ozie Yendes Jr. (1927-2018). His wife Annabel passed away in San Diego, California, on March 21, 2005, at the age of 97, and she was also buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.