Indianapolis Clowns Negro League Baseball Jersey #5 Sewn Large Home Red NLBM Lg

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Indianapolis Clowns Negro League Baseball Jersey #5 Sewn Large Home Red NLBM Large
You are bidding on excellent CONDITION - NLBM INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS BASEBALL JERSEY
NLBM = NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM
INDIANPOLIS CLOWNS #5 (1944-1955)
SIZE ADULT LARGE
#5 (NOT SURE WHICH PLAYER WORE THIS NUMBER)
BUT research shows : in 1952 they were joined by a young slugger named Henry Aaron (#5). MADE BY OH TRADING COMPANY NYC (NLMB LICENSCE COMPANY
100% POLYESTER
RED WHITE AND BLUE
ALL SEWN/EMBROIDERED ON
USUALLY FOUND IN BIGGER MAN SIZES
5 BUTTONS
very cool
measurements(all in inches)
chest(pit to pit) = 25
length (pit to bottom hem) = 20
length (neck to bottom hem) =33
sleeve (pit to cuff) = 9.0
see pic
The Clowns survived as a touring team for decades after the demise of Negro leagues baseball.
The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League.
Tracing their origins back to the 1930s, the Clowns were the last of the Negro league teams to disband, continuing to play exhibition games into the 1980s.
They began play as the independent Ethiopian Clowns, joined the Negro American League as the Cincinnati Clowns and, after a couple of years, relocated to Indianapolis.
Hank Aaron was a Clown for a short period, and the Clowns were also one of the first professional baseball teams to hire a female player.
Barnstorming
While still fielding a legitimate team, the Clowns also toured with several members known for comic acts — sort of a baseball version of the Harlem Globetrotters, including Joe "Prince" Henry. As the Negro leagues declined in the late 1940s after the integration of Major League Baseball, the Clowns continued operations on barnstorming tours into the 1960s.
By 1966 the Indianapolis Clowns were the last Negro league team still playing.
The Clowns continued to play exhibition games into the 1980s, but as a humorous sideshow rather than a competitive sport.
After many years of operation as a barnstorming team, the Clowns finally disbanded in 1989.
Negro American League (1943–1955)
Name(s)
Miami Giants (c. 1930s)
Ethiopian Clowns (c. 1930s–1942)
Cincinnati Clowns (1943)
Indianapolis–Cincinnati Clowns (1944)
Cincinnati Clowns (1945)
Indianapolis Clowns (1946–1962)
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