Tag: Chatham Coloured All-Stars
Field of Honour baseball recognizes legacy of Chatham Coloured All-Stars
Chatham Coloured All-Stars - Photo from the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame What began in 2021 as an idea to help further the recognition of ... Read More
All-Stars Put On A Show, OLG Donates $25,000
Descendants of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars baseball team put on a show Saturday for family, friends, and fans at Fergie Jenkins Field in Chatham for ... Read More
MPP Percy Hatfield Urges Inclusion Of Chatham Coloured All-Stars in Hall of Fame
Windsor-Tecumseh MPP Percy Hatfield spoke in provincial legislature Monday in favour of including the Chatham Coloured All-Stars into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. "....it’s ... Read More
A Legacy of Impact, The Chatham Coloured All-Stars | Black History Month
The Chatham Coloured All-Stars will stand in history as one of the most impactful and important teams in Canadian Baseball history. Members of the Ontario ... Read More
Flat Chase Was a Baseball Legend | Black History Month
Born in Buxton, Ontario in 1910, Earl “Flat” Chase was one of the region’s top young baseball players in the first half of the 1900’s. ... Read More
Black Ice: Boomer Harding’s On-Ice Legacy | Black History Month
Wilfred 'Boomer' Harding may be best known as a baseball legend with the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, but his hockey career is one for the ages ... Read More
#4 All-Stars Take Centre Stage – CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2021
The Chatham Coloured All-Stars have been a well known historic team for several years, but in 2021 the team became a hot topic again. First, ... Read More
“Field Of Honour” Game An Event That Won’t Soon Be Forgotten
Frankie Parker watches his hit - Photo by CKSN.ca The diamond at Fergie Jenkins Field was filled and surrounded by smiling faces Saturday who were ... Read More
Monument Unveiled For 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars
Horace and Earl Chase Jr. unveil the new Chatham Coloured All-Stars monument - Photo by CKSN.ca The 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars will be permanently on ... Read More
Game Set To Honour Chatham Coloured All-Stars This Weekend
Ancestors of the famed 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars baseball team will come together this weekend for the Field of Honour game continuing the push to ... Read More
Sixty Three Years Before The Chatham All-Stars, The Towns First All-Black Team Took The Field
By Ian Kennedy The Chatham Barrack Grounds were the site of early baseball History has a way of uncovering itself. If you walk into the ... Read More
Jack Calder Was A Man With A Story
Jack Calder Jack Calder was a man with a story. The former Chatham Daily News sports editor had many stories to tell, including his spectacular ... Read More
Chatham Colored All-Stars Belong In The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
When you discuss influential baseball teams, who have left a lasting impact on sport, and society in Canada, there is no better example, and no ... Read More
Chatham Coloured All-Stars 85th Anniversary Celebration Coming To Sons of Kent
On October 23, 1934, the Chatham Coloured All-Stars became the first all Black baseball team to win the Ontario Baseball Amateur Association championship. On Saturday, ... Read More