1948 Birmingham Black Barons Baseball Team
Description
A black-and-white photograph of the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons baseball team. The team is arranged in three rows, with six players standing in the back row, eight players sitting on a bench in the middle row, and four players sitting on the ground in the front row. All of the players are wearing Black Barons uniforms that read Birmingham across the chest. Standing in the back row from left to right; Ed Steele, Bill Powell, Nat Pollard, Herman Bell, Jim Zapp, and Bassett; Sitting on a bench in the middle row; Bill Greason, Artie Wilson, John Britton, Piper Davis, Bobby Robinson, Samuel Williams, Alonzo Perry, and Wiley Griggs; Sitting on the ground in the front row; Jay Heard, Jimmie Newberry, Unknown, and Joe Scott. Written underneath the photograph is "Negro American League Birmingham Black Barons 1948 - Champs"
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Picture Date
1948–1948