The El Dorado Black Lions was a Negro baseball team based in El Dorado, AR, from 1937-1938.
History
El Dorado Black Lions had considerable talent for a semi-professional Negro team. Included on the team's roster were future Baltimore Elite Giants pitcher Bob Romby, future Birmingham Black Baron Buddy Allen, former Butte Colored Giants infielder Arthur Ellis and longtime Negro baseball and Harlem Globetrotters basketball player Goose Tatum, who likely began his baseball career with the El Dorado Black Lions.
Schedule/Results
Players
History
El Dorado Black Lions had considerable talent for a semi-professional Negro team. Included on the team's roster were future Baltimore Elite Giants pitcher Bob Romby, future Birmingham Black Baron Buddy Allen, former Butte Colored Giants infielder Arthur Ellis and longtime Negro baseball and Harlem Globetrotters basketball player Goose Tatum, who likely began his baseball career with the El Dorado Black Lions.
Schedule/Results
Date | Location | Opponent | W-L | R | RA | Notes |
7/24/1937 | Rowland Field, El Dorado, AR | Ruston Black Volunteers | 1 | |||
1938 | Greenville Colored Buckshots | L | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
1938 | Greenville Colored Buckshots | L | 4 | 14 | 3 | |
7/10/1938 | Rowland Field, El Dorado, AR | Michigan Giants | W | 5 | 4 | 2 |
7/11/1938 | Rowland Field, El Dorado, AR | Michigan Giants | W | 10 | 9 | 2 |
Players
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Buddy Allen | 11/25/1914 in Wilmot, AR | 5/16/1989 in Los Angeles, CA | 3 | |||
Lindsey Brewster | Abt. 1903 in Louisiana | 11/7//1942 in El Dorado, AR | 4 | |||
Brake Bye | 5 | |||||
Albert G. Conley | 9/13/1918 in El Dorado, AR | 6/6/1939 in Asheville, NC | 6 | |||
Arthur Ellis | 5/17/1912 in Pine Bluff, AR | 5/10/2010 in Maneno, IL | Manager7 8 | |||
Robert Faison | 12/9/1907 in El Dorado, AR | Oct. 1976 in Michigan | Captain9 | |||
Kinard Ford | 7/15/1915 in Urbana, AR | 9/3/1988 in Michigan | 10 | |||
Bubbie Lindsey | 11 | |||||
Sunnie Lovett | 12 | |||||
Bob Romby | 12/15/1918 in Shreveport, LA | 11/25/2004 in Farmville, VA | 13 | |||
Fred Sims | 2/18/1900 in Dubach, LA | Coach14 | ||||
Goose Tatum | 5/3/1918 in Jersey, AR | 1/18/1967 in El Paso, TX | 15 16 | |||
Elzie B. Walker | 1/24/1918 in Sparkman, AR | 5/2/2014 in Stockton, CA | 17 |
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