# @wbir10 on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=rtbL9tYeQz4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24955359-wbir10-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2022-05-11T21:00:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WBIR Channel 10 (@wbir10) — https://gondola.cc/wbir10

## Caption

Decades before Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier, Black athletes started the Negro Leagues, and Knoxville’s team was swinging for the fences. This documentary follows one of the Negro Southern League's original eight teams and inaugural champion: The Knoxville Giants. 

Their story, here: https://bit.ly/3kUWeb9
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WBIR Channel 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee produces award-winning, community-centered content "Straight From The Heart" of East Tennessee. We strive to be good citizens, to do what is right, and to be fair and honest. We care.

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00:00 Intro
00:40 Start of the Negro National League
01:17 Negro Southern League formed
02:15 The first season
02:26 Walter "Steel Arm" Dickey
03:33 Forrest "One Wing" Maddox
04:11 Ralph "Pete" Cleage
04:42 Who is the first league champion?
05:15 Knoxville declares itself the champion
05:56 Knoxville Giants vs. Chicago American Giants
06:53 Montgomery vs. Chicago
07:18 The 1921 season
07:56 Knoxville falls away from the NSL
08:14 The 1935 independent barnstorming team
08:34 Ralph Banks
09:09 Leroy Bowerman
10:27 Ernest Waters
10:55 Knoxville Giants vs. Indianapolis ABCs
12:11 Knoxville back in the Negro Southern League
12:26 Jackie Robinson and the end of the Negro Leagues
12:53 What happened to Steel Arm Dickey
13:47 What happened to One Wing Maddox
13:58 What happened to Pete Cleage
14:23 2013 Rickwood Classic
15:08 Negro Southern League Museum opens
16:19 Knoxville Giants honored in a new baseball stadium
16:35 The Knoxville Giants' legacy

## Stats

- **Views:** 700
- **Likes:** 21
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WBIR Channel 10 | @wbir10 | https://gondola.cc/wbir10 | Television News Network |
| William Winnett | @WilliamWinnett88 | https://gondola.cc/WilliamWinnett88 | Editor |
| William Winnett | @WilliamWinnett88 | https://gondola.cc/WilliamWinnett88 | Videographer |
| William Winnett | @WilliamWinnett88 | https://gondola.cc/WilliamWinnett88 | Story Producer |

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