Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 27
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| Location | Tennessee |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Month | 5 |
| Modern address | Tazewell TN |
| City | Tazewell |
| State | TN |
| Nickname | Sturm |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Sturm Base Ball Club of Tazewell is mentioned in an May 3, 1867 article in the Nashville American as being represented in a meeting (at Chattanooga) of the state association of baseball on May 1st. Sturm was a Union army veteran who founded the club.
Tazewell TN (current pop. about 2150)is about 50 miles NE of Knoxville and about 10 miles S of the TN/KY border in the state's NE corner.
Sources
Nashville American May 3, 1867
