Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY Size:S The Negro American League was

The Negro American League was formed on May 9

the Brooklyn team that took its name from the baseball team (later Tigers) of the established pro football league

They left the Negro American League in 1954 but continued to play exhibition games into the 1980s

barnstorming across America four years beyond the demise of the last Negro league in 1962

In his career

Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY Size:S The Negro American League wasOne of the most famous ballparks in sports history, Ebbets Field was best known as the home of baseball's Brooklyn's baseball team from 1913 to 1957. It was also the home field for five pro football teams: the Brooklyn Brickley Giants, Brooklyn Lions, the Brooklyn team that took its name from the baseball team (later Tigers) of the established pro football league, as well as the Brooklyn Tigers (of the second American Football League), and the