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Hilldale Athletic Club

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10113 Author/Creator: Place Written: Darby, Pennsylvania, Type: Photograph Date: 1921 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; Order a Copy

One photograph of the Hilldale Athletic Club (informally known as Darby Daisies), a professional Negro League baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania. The team would eventually become a powerhouse Negro League baseball team over time. 1921 Hilldale Club Top row, L-R: Ed Bolden (owner), George Johnson (RF), Chaney White (LF), Dick Whitworth (P), Jim York (C), Connie Rector (P), Louis Santop (C), Willis Flournoy (P), Toussaint Allen (1B), James Byrd (treasurer) Bottom row, L-R: Otto Briggs (CF), Bunny Downs (2B), Jake Stephens (SS), Flammer, Nat Dobbins (SS), Bill Francis (mgr./SS), Chance Chambers (2B), Phil Cockrell (P)

Bolden, Ed, 1881-1950
Johnson, George, 1890-1940
White, Chaney, 1894-1967
Whitworth, Dick, 1895-1966
York, Jim, fl 1921
Rector, Connie, 1892-1963
Santop, Louis, 1889-1942
Flournoy, Willis, 1895-1964
Allen, Toussaint, fl 1921
Byrd, James, fl. 1921
Briggs, Otto, 1891-1943
Downs, Bunny, 1894-1973
Stephens, Jake, 1900-1981
Nat Dobbins, Flammer, fl. 1921
Francis, Bill, 1879-1942
Chambers, Chance, fl. 1921
Cockrell, Phil, 1895-1951
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Baseball
Segregation
African American History
Black History
The Roaring Twenties

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