Edwin Collins "Alabama" Pitts Jr. (November 22, 1909 – June 7, 1941) was an American convicted felon who garnered media attention in his attempt to play professional baseball after his release from Sing Sing prison. While serving five years for robbing a grocery store at gunpoint, he played for the prison baseball and American football squads. After being denied the ability to play for the Albany Senators of the International League in 1935 by the president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, he appealed to Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who granted his request.
Pitts went on to play for five years as a baseball player for the Albany Senators; York White Roses and Trenton Senators of the New York–Pennsylvania League; Charlotte Hornets, Gastonia Spinners, Valdese Textiles, and Lenoir Finishers of the Carolina League; Winston-Salem Twins of the Piedmont League; and Hickory Rebels of the Tar Heel League. He played football for two years, including one as a member of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. Two films (The Billion Dollar Scandal and Over the Wall) produced in the 1930s were inspired by his life story, and he was fatally stabbed at a tavern in June 1941.
tavern in June 1941. Pitts was born in Opelika, Alabama, to Edwin Pitts Sr., a member of the United States Cavalry, and Erma Mills Pitts on November 22, 1909...
game. AlabamaPitts was their starting quarterback and star for the first four seasons, but then finished his sentence. Upon release, AlabamaPitts played...
early age. Pitts was the first in his family to finish high school. He was a licensed C.M.E. minister by the age of sixteen. While Pitts was attending...
Michael Anthony Pitts (September 25, 1960 – November 4, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football...
performance in TNT's George Wallace (1997), a film about segregationist Alabama Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace, played by Gary Sinise...
Charles Redding Pitt (March 29, 1944 – February 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and former chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party. Pitt was born in Decatur...
may not have been one greater than the 1913–1914 team." Pitts weighed some 190 pounds. Pitts later served as a colonel in the United States Army during...
of Alabama and NFL linebacker Saleem Rasheed begins serving time on plea to teacher sex charges". AL.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017. "Former Alabama player...
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Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis allowed the convicted felon AlabamaPitts to play professional baseball for the Albany Senators of the International...
five franchises and was a Heisman Trophy candidate his junior season at Pitt. But it is what he did during his remarkable run at Passaic High School that...
The 2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "Bama", or "The Tide") will represent the University of Alabama during the 2024 NCAA...
"Dr. Lucius Holsey Pitts, Sr". Alabama African American History. January 29, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Bicentennial Alabama African American...
and football coach at Sing Sing. One of Sing Sing's football players, AlabamaPitts, went on to play in the National Football League after his release....
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Sports Network. Elijah Pitts Award Ron Pitts (son) Kimberly Pitts (daughter) Goldstein, Richard (July 11, 1998). "Elijah Pitts, 60, star back for storied...
in Lee County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned by Auburn University and was formerly known as Auburn–Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport. It is...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (in case citations, S.D. Ala.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except...
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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (in case citations, M.D. Ala.) is a United States district court in the Eleventh Circuit...
From TV & Film To The Stage". Total Theater. Retrieved January 22, 2017. Pitts 2013, p. 111. Shapiro & Jicha 2015, p. 142. "Mistress (1992) - Overview"...
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