Friday OT - You’re The Best Around (Iowa)
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I believe Fred was born in Lincoln.
Kurt Warner - Great story, played against him in HS. He's great on NFL Radio.
Zach Johnson - another CR guy. Met him a couple times, very nice. My late father in law was one of his original sponsors from Elmcrest CC that got him going.
Brian Pearson - just an awesome guy. Got to be friends with him at ISU.
Zach Johnson - another CR guy. Met him a couple times, very nice. My late father in law was one of his original sponsors from Elmcrest CC that got him going.
Brian Pearson - just an awesome guy. Got to be friends with him at ISU.
Bob Feller
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Allen Lazard
Does anyone know if Lipsey was born in Ames? I know his parents met playing college sports at Southwest Minnesota State, and that he obviously grew up in Ames, but I'm unsure of where he was actually born.
Does anyone know if Lipsey was born in Ames? I know his parents met playing college sports at Southwest Minnesota State, and that he obviously grew up in Ames, but I'm unsure of where he was actually born.
Elijah Wood?
I mean, he literally walked into Mordor, and it was my understanding that one simply does not do that.
I mean, he literally walked into Mordor, and it was my understanding that one simply does not do that.
It's hard to be everyone's favorite when they haven't even met me yet
Street
I would say Gable but he was a little before my time so I never watched him compete, just coach.
I would say Gable but he was a little before my time so I never watched him compete, just coach.
J.L. Wilkinson, born in Algona, 1878. Athlete and pioneer.In 1909, he developed a women's baseball team—possibly with a few men in drag—to draw up to 2,000 fans to a covered grandstand moved around the Midwest by train. A team band whipped up tunes for crowds, a male catcher wrestled all comers and a brown bulldog served as the mascot. Town teams throughout Iowa and surrounding states faced Wilkinson's gimmick-laden squad.
In 1912, he founded the multi-racial All Nations team in Des Moines, Iowa. The team consisted of whites, blacks, Polynesians, Asians, Native Americans and – at one time – a woman. As did Wilkinson's first venture, it also had a team band and a number of other promotions, but featured a number of athletes of major league calibre, including John Donaldson and José Méndez. He moved the team to Kansas City, Missouri in 1915, and the team continued to barnstorm in the upper Midwest for a few years after the Monarchs were born, still fulfilling its original role but also serving as a farm team for the Monarchs.
When the Negro National League was founded in February 1920, Wilkinson built the Monarchs from the best of the All Nations team, and from the 25th Infantry Wreckers, an all-black U.S. Army team that starred Bullet Rogan, "Heavy" Johnson, Lem Hawkins, and Dobie Moore, among others. Wilkinson was the only white team owner trusted by Rube Foster when the Negro National League was founded; Wilkinson became a trusted member of Foster's inner circle. Stories were told by his players that during the Depression, Wilkinson would bunk with his coaches and players when the team was on the road and hotels were short of rooms.
Wilkinson was the first owner in the league to secure the services of African American Umpires for the Negro National League and by 1923, at least six Umpires were non-white.[1] During his ownership, the Monarchs won ten league titles and participated in four Negro League World Series, winning in 1924 and 1942.
In 1930, Wilkinson's Monarchs became the first professional team to play night baseball, using a portable set of lights. Wilkinson also signed Jackie Robinson to his first professional contract, in 1945.
J. L. Wilkinson - Wikipedia
Harrison Barnes has been one heck of a role model for kids. I really root for him.
(His college announcement was a poor decision, we all know that)
He's really given back to Ames and communities he's lived in.
(His college announcement was a poor decision, we all know that)
He's really given back to Ames and communities he's lived in.
that was great info. Thanks for putting it in the thread...View attachment 123613
J.L. Wilkinson, born in Algona, 1878. Athlete and pioneer.
In 1909, he developed a women's baseball team—possibly with a few men in drag—to draw up to 2,000 fans to a covered grandstand moved around the Midwest by train. A team band whipped up tunes for crowds, a male catcher wrestled all comers and a brown bulldog served as the mascot. Town teams throughout Iowa and surrounding states faced Wilkinson's gimmick-laden squad.
In 1912, he founded the multi-racial All Nations team in Des Moines, Iowa. The team consisted of whites, blacks, Polynesians, Asians, Native Americans and – at one time – a woman. As did Wilkinson's first venture, it also had a team band and a number of other promotions, but featured a number of athletes of major league calibre, including John Donaldson and José Méndez. He moved the team to Kansas City, Missouri in 1915, and the team continued to barnstorm in the upper Midwest for a few years after the Monarchs were born, still fulfilling its original role but also serving as a farm team for the Monarchs.
When the Negro National League was founded in February 1920, Wilkinson built the Monarchs from the best of the All Nations team, and from the 25th Infantry Wreckers, an all-black U.S. Army team that starred Bullet Rogan, "Heavy" Johnson, Lem Hawkins, and Dobie Moore, among others. Wilkinson was the only white team owner trusted by Rube Foster when the Negro National League was founded; Wilkinson became a trusted member of Foster's inner circle. Stories were told by his players that during the Depression, Wilkinson would bunk with his coaches and players when the team was on the road and hotels were short of rooms.
Wilkinson was the first owner in the league to secure the services of African American Umpires for the Negro National League and by 1923, at least six Umpires were non-white.[1] During his ownership, the Monarchs won ten league titles and participated in four Negro League World Series, winning in 1924 and 1942.
In 1930, Wilkinson's Monarchs became the first professional team to play night baseball, using a portable set of lights. Wilkinson also signed Jackie Robinson to his first professional contract, in 1945.
J. L. Wilkinson - Wikipedia
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I always use /s at the end.
E.g. I love Iowa fans yelling “Go Hawks!” at me when I’m out and about /s