Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 8
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| Location | North Carolina |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Greensboro NC |
| City | Greensboro |
| State | NC |
| Nickname | Big Lazies |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Baseball was played her as early as 1867. See Dorothy L. Gilbert, Guilford: A Quaker College (1937), p. 122-123.
Greensboro NC (1870 pop. about 500) is about 25 miles E of Winston-Salem NC.
Sources
Dorothy L. Gilbert, Guilford: A Quaker College (1937), p. 122-123.
