Algona Brownies

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The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in Algona, Iowa, and was primarily made up of former members of the Union Giants, Columbia Giants, and Chicago Unions teams. During their second and final season, the team makeup changed from having both black and white players to a team of only black players. That year, their final year, they won the Western championship, defeating the Chicago Union Giants in a challenge playoff.

[edit] Players

Individual players included:

• Sherman Barton, 1902-1903, primary LF
• Peter Burns, 1902-1903, C/OF
• George Richardson

[edit] References

• Riley, James A. The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York:Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-7867-0065-3.