Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of only a few Black-built and Black-owned major league baseball fields in the United States.[3] The field was the dream of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
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GreenleeField in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of only a few Black-built and Black-owned major league baseball fields in the United States. The field...
serving as president; and built GreenleeField, one of the few ball parks built for and owned by a Negro league team. Gus Greenlee was born in Marion, North...
board forced Greenlee to shut out blacks from jobs at GreenleeField (ushers, ticket-takers, etc.). Greenlee sold the club, GreenleeField was demolished...
Pittsburgh, at the Pittsburgh Pirates' home Forbes Field and the Pittsburgh Crawfords' home GreenleeField. From 1940 until 1942, the Grays played half of...
Crawford. With Paige on his team, Greenlee took a huge risk by investing $100,000 in a new ballpark to be called GreenleeField. On opening day, April 30, 1932...
Gibson Fields". Massaro Corporation. May 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2009. GreenleeField and Ammons Field Archived...
league baseball team Homestead Grays, which had played in Forbes Field and GreenleeField in Pittsburgh alongside their time in Washington; two of the first...
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh...
Crawfords opened the season on April 30 in their newly built stadium, GreenleeField, the first completely black-owned stadium in the country. Paige lost...
used Art Rooney Field and other facilities on campus as either its primary or secondary in-season training site as well as GreenleeField during the 1930s...
the St. Louis Stars owned Star Park, the Pittsburgh Crawford's owned GreenleeField in Pittsburgh, the Nashville Giants owned Tom Wilson Park in Nashville...
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Park Civic Arena Duquesne Gardens Exposition Park Forbes Field Josh Gibson FieldGreenleeField Motor Square Garden Pitt Stadium Recreation Park Schenley...
Jones PTS 10 Jun 3, 1936 GreenleeField, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. 27 Win 20–6–1 Honeyboy Jones UD 8 May 27, 1936 GreenleeField, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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Acrisure Stadium, formerly (and still colloquially) known as Heinz Field, is a football stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh...
both its success and the Pittsburgh Pirates struggles both on and off the field. Especially notable was a 2007 survey done of the four major sports leagues'...
"retro-classic" style modeled after past venues like Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, PNC Park also introduced unique features, such as the use of limestone...
Park Civic Arena Duquesne Gardens Exposition Park Forbes Field Josh Gibson FieldGreenleeField Motor Square Garden Pitt Stadium Recreation Park Schenley...
Park Civic Arena Duquesne Gardens Exposition Park Forbes Field Josh Gibson FieldGreenleeField Motor Square Garden Pitt Stadium Recreation Park Schenley...
Crawfords owner Gus Greenlee constructed the first steel and concrete "modern" stadium in the Negro leagues, with GreenleeField opening in the Hill District...
Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Built to replace Forbes Field, which opened in 1909, the US$55 million ($457 million today) multi-purpose...
"interest on variable rate bonds". Populous, designers of PNC Park and Heinz Field, designed the building working with local architect Astorino to develop...
played in the former ThunderDome in St. Petersburg (now called Tropicana Field) from 1991–1996, becoming its first regular team sports tenant. Since 1997...
120–22–13 (25) Larry Johnson PTS 10 Jun 8, 1932 25 years, 215 days GreenleeField, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. 179 Win 119–22–13 (25) Don "Red" Barry...
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