East Texas Negro League Explained
East Texas Negro League |
Sport: | Baseball |
Country: | United States |
Inaugural: | 1946 |
Teams: | 11 |
Folded: | 1946 |
The East Texas Negro League,[1] also referred to as the Negro East Texas League,[2] was a Negro league baseball league that operated for one season in 1946.[3] [4] The league fielded 11 teams in the two Southern states of Louisiana and Texas.
List of teams (in alphabetical order)
- Cuney All Stars (1946)
- Gilmer (1946)
- Henderson (1946)
- Jacksonville (1946)
- Longview (1946)
- Marshall (1946)
- Paris Brown Sox (1946)
- Sherman Bearcats (1946)
- Shreveport Black Sports (1946)
- Texarkana (1946)
- Tyler (1946)
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: East Texas Negro League (1946). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. February 6, 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150630114200/http://www.cnlbr.org/Portals/0/Standings/East%20Texas%20Negro%20League%20%281946%29.pdf. June 30, 2015.
- Web site: "Other" Negro Leagues, Negro East Texas League . Center for Negro League Baseball Research . April 26, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150412214309/http://www.cnlbr.org/Portals/0/Standings/Other%20-%20Negro%20Leagues.pdf . April 12, 2015 .
- Book: Heaphy. Leslie A.. The Negro League. 2003. 1869-1960. April 8, 2015. McFarland. Jefferson, NC. 0786413808. 142.
- Web site: "Other" Negro Leagues . Center for Negro League Baseball Research . February 11, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150412214309/http://www.cnlbr.org/Portals/0/Standings/Other%20-%20Negro%20Leagues.pdf . April 12, 2015 .