Hickory Rebels

The Hickory Rebels were a minor league baseball team based in Hickory, North Carolina, USA that existed on-and-off from 1939 to 1960. They played in the Tar Heel League (1939-1940, 1953-1954), North Carolina State League (1942, 1945-1951) and Western Carolinas League (1952, 1960). They were affiliated with the New York Giants (1945-1949) and Chicago Cubs (1952-1954).[1] A former team of the same name had participated in the independent Carolina League between 1936 and 1938.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BR Minors
  2. ↑ Utley, R.G., and Verner, Scott, The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999) pp. 260-61