Negro League World Series Played in Harrisburg, 1930
COLORED TEAMS TO PLAY SERIES HERE NEXT WEEK The Homestead Grays, considered one of the greatest aggregations of negro baseball players in the country, are scheduled to engaged in a […]
Lykens & Wiconisco Ball Park Vandalism, 1944
On May 19, 1944, the Lykens Standard printed a joint notice from the school boards of Wiconisco and Lykens, offering a $100 reward “for the information which will lead to […]
Williamstown High School – Football, 1939
A 1934 photograph of the football team of Williamstown High School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row: Jack Bond; Herbert James; Bill Williams; Jack Smith; Bill Hart; Bill Siemanski; Mike […]
Mike Lebo – Minor League Baseball Player from Harrisburg
Michael Carl “Mike” Lebo was born August 22, 1958, in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From the 1978 through the 1981 seasons, he played baseball as a catcher and first baseman […]
Williamstown High School – Football, 1937
A 1937 photograph of the football team of Williamstown High School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row: William Host, manager; Robert Zerby; Robert Host; George Woffendon; John Talhelm; Jack Smith; […]
Al Chambers – Major League Baseball Player from Harrisburg
Al Chambers was born in Harrisburg, March 24, 1961. He was a graduate of John Harris High School and was drafted in 1979 by the Seattle Mariners of the American […]
Williamstown High School – Football, 1934
A 1934 photograph of the Upper Dauphin championship football team of Williamstown High School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row: Joe Shuttlesworth; Jim Kilraine; Ike Evans; Jerry […]
Oscar Charleston – Baseball Star in Negro Leagues
Oscar Charleston played centerfield for the Harrisburg Giants, a team in the Eastern Colored League, for four seasons, 1924-1927, at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was most active […]