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TonyK
03-13-2009, 07:06 PM
Who was the first black owner of a professional baseball team?
Ubiquitous
03-16-2009, 10:25 AM
Probably one of the owners of a team in the National Colored Base Ball League.
The Cuban Giants are widely considered the first black professional team and they started in 1885 but they had a white owner. The NCBBL started in 1887 and closed shop two weeks later.
TonyK
03-16-2009, 04:26 PM
Probably one of the owners of a team in the National Colored Base Ball League.
The Cuban Giants are widely considered the first black professional team and they started in 1885 but they had a white owner. The NCBBL started in 1887 and closed shop two weeks later.
Are you assuming the owners of the NCBBL teams weren't white?
Ubiquitous
03-16-2009, 05:10 PM
No, I am guessing that at least one of them was black. It is a place to start.
TonyK
03-19-2009, 05:32 PM
No, I am guessing that at least one of them was black. It is a place to start.
It is an excellent guess but my source has a different name. The hint is you are getting warm.
TonyK
03-30-2009, 05:18 PM
The correct answer is Ambrose Davis.