Today, legends are born and perpetuated much easier than ever before. In a world before the internet and even further back to a time without television, heroes were created with the recording of their exploits by newspaper writers and radio broadcasters. The…
Category: Other Legends of HBCU Baseball
Pete Barnes of Southern University – Baseball and Football All-American
It must take quite an athlete to twice earn All-American status in two different sports… no matter at what level of college athletics he or she performs. Such was the case with former NFL linebacker, Peter Barnes of Southern University. Not…
Johnny Sample of Maryland State – Outspoken Star of the 1960s
Don’t look too hard in the paper or on the internet for this week’s score of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore football game. The team is off this weekend. They did not play last weekend either. As a matter of fact, its…
Bert Simmons of NC A&T – Negro League Star Passes Away
As much as possible, I like to keep this site dedicated to the historical aspect of HBCU baseball and to black pioneers of college ball. Since sometimes historical data on HBCU ballplayers from the mid-twentieth century and before is sketchy,…
Ralph Garr of Grambling – More than a “Face in the Crowd”
America’s baseball population was first introduced to a young Ralph Garr when he appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” section of its June 26, 1967 issue. The national recognition capped a brilliant senior season at Grambling College in…