1947 NAL Season
6 teams competed during the regular season
Cleveland Buckeyes finished in 1st place to claim the championship
League Note
The NNL and the NAL faced each other in the Negro World Series at the end of the season to determine an overall champion.
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19 minutes
Jun 29, 1979
Historian Eugene C. Murdock interviewed several former baseball players that had been active in baseball in the 1920s and 1930s.
Discussion with Hall of Fame Negro Leaguer Jim "Cool Papa" Bell / Historian Eugene C. Murdock interviewed several former baseball players that had been active in baseball in the 1920s and 1930s. Murdock was chairman of the history department at Marietta College. The interviews were not professionally recorded, and the audio quality is variable.
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