The Indianapolis Clowns

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The Indianapolis Clowns Negro Baseball

• By
• Gil Hernandez Black
• TAH Grant Program History Talks
• April 17, 2013

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Negro League World Series, Philadelphia , PA, 1924
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The Indianapolis Clowns
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King Tut, manager Oscar Charleston Connie Morgan
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Syd Pollock, Tarrytown, NY
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Clown Team The Zulu Cannibal Giants
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Bingo Long
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Jackie Robinson
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Only the Ball Was White,Jews and Blacks in
Baseball
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Baseball Hall of FameNegro League Players
Satchel Paige (1971)Josh Gibson (1972)Buck
Leonard (1972)Monte Irvin (1973)Cool Papa Bell
(1974)Judy Johnson (1975)Oscar Charleston
(1976)John Henry Lloyd (1977)Martin Dihigo
(1977)Rube Foster (1981)Ray Dandridge
(1987)Leon Day (1995)Willie Foster
(1996)Willie Wells (1997)Bullet Rogan
(1998)Smokey Joe Williams (1999)Turkey Stearnes
(2000)Hilton Smith (2001
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Baseball Hall of FameNegro League Players
In February
2006, a committee of twelve baseball historians
elected 17 more people from black baseball to
the National Baseball Hall of Fame,
twelve players and five
executives. Negro league players (7) Ray
Brown Willard Brown Andy Cooper Biz Mackey
Mule Suttles Cristóbal Torriente Jud
Wilson Pre-Negro league players (5)  Frank
Grant Pete Hill José Méndez Louis Santop Ben
Taylor
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Gil Hernandez Black, Age 19, 1956