Brooklyn Royal Giants
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The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional baseball
team based in Brooklyn, New York
which played in the Negro Leagues. They were one of the premier professional teams before World War I
, winning multiple championships in the East.
booking agent, the team fell into somewhat of a decline, and did very poorly while in Eastern Colored League
. The Giants played their home games while part of the Eastern Colored League at Dexter Park in Queens.
and rebuilt the roster, but the quality of the rebuilt team never matched that of the early years. By the mid-1930s, the quality was no better than that of a minor league team in the early 1940s the team had fallen to a semi-professional status. The team disbanded in 1942
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Baseball
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team based in Brooklyn, New York
New York
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which played in the Negro Leagues. They were one of the premier professional teams before World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, winning multiple championships in the East.
League play
During the 1920s, under the ownership of Nat Strong, a white New York CityNew York City
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booking agent, the team fell into somewhat of a decline, and did very poorly while in Eastern Colored League
Eastern Colored League
The Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs, more commonly known as the Eastern Colored League , was one of the several Negro leagues, which operated during the time organized baseball was segregated.- History :...
. The Giants played their home games while part of the Eastern Colored League at Dexter Park in Queens.
Final years and demise
The Giants returned to independent play in 19281928 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Providence Steam Roller wins the National Football League titleCollege championship* College football national championship – University of Detroit Titans, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and USC Trojans...
and rebuilt the roster, but the quality of the rebuilt team never matched that of the early years. By the mid-1930s, the quality was no better than that of a minor league team in the early 1940s the team had fallen to a semi-professional status. The team disbanded in 1942
1942 in sports
1942 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War II-American football:...
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Further reading
- (Riley.) Brooklyn Royal Giants, Team profiles at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. – identical to Riley (confirmed 2010-04-16)