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  • Collection: Sports and Recreation

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Mrs. C.D. Smith wrote "Remember When: Lake Lorraine was Top Spot" for the Sesquicentennial Edition of the Tuscaloosa News.Click on the image above to read the article or read the text below.

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This 1967 American Legion Post 34 baseball team was the only team to win the national championship from Alabama. The previous year, they were second. Mike Innes, who is in the photo, played baseball at the University of Alabama and in the minor…

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L-R: Michael Owens, Michael Langford, Owen Holston, Freddie Yeager, Stanley Owens, Tommy Martin, Jimmy Smith, unknown, Alabama Coach Bear Bryant and Coach Harry Lee Langford, far right with his hand on his hip.

The team of 12-year-olds was having…

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Three Gordo baseball players played on this team with Shoeless Joe Jackson. Verdo Elmore Sr., Lefty Winegard and Early Hall are in the photograph.

Published in The Tuscaloosa News on Oct. 22, 2018, as a historical photograph.

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Stallworth Lake was a recreational lake that was located at the foot of River Hill. The lake, which was built in 1918, had sliding boards, spring boards, diving towers, floating rafts, boating, a merry-go-round, and a miniature zoo. It became a city…

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This American Legion Junior Baseball Team was sponsored by Tucker Motor Company in 1949.

In front is batboy Bobby Hanna.

Frist row from left: Cecil Ingram, Jimmy Walker, Tommy Belk, Buford Hamner, Neely Foster, Don Price and Steve…

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The 1962 Holt High School baseball team won the 1962 Warrior Athletic Conference. Pictured are, front row from left, Danny Turner, Carl Archibald, Willis Reynolds, Jack Clary, Ray Hendrix, Jimmy McKay, Roy Johnson, Larry Carson, and Mike Hickman;…

Legion Wrestling Card.jpg
An admittance ticket for Legion Wrestling held at the National Guard Armory.

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Shown in this 1941 photo of the Tuscaloosa High School football team are:

Row 1: E.B. Wilson, Vic Spradley, Gene Pearson, Jack Kirkly, Melvin Hardin, Raphael Blackburn, Frank "Pedro" Cummings, Billy Henderson.

Row 2: M.D. Malone, Murray Bock,…

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Jake Duren coached the Northport Babes for three seasons beginning in 1949, teaching the fundaments of the game, providing uniforms and transportation to games. He tagged each play with a special nickname such as Carrot Top, Hoss, Radio, Taxi Cab,…
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