New Orleans Black Pelicans

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New Orleans Black Pelicans
Founded in 1926
New Orleans, Louisiana
League affiliation(s)
Negro Southern League 1926, 1945, 1950 Texas-Louisiana Negro League 1930-31
Name(s)
New Orleans Black Pelicans

The New Orleans Black Pelicans were a minor Negro League baseball team that played in the Negro Southern League. They were formed in 1926 to replace the New Orleans Ads in the league.[1] They joined the Texas-Louisiana Negro League in 1930, and by 1935 they were an independent club.[1] When the second Negro Southern League formed in 1945, the Black Pelicans were charter members,[1] but did not affiliate with the league again until 1950.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Plott, William (2015). The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920-1951. McFarland & Company, Inc.
  2. ^ "Negro "Minor" League Teams" (PDF). www.cnlbr.org. Retrieved 2021-04-14.


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