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4 unusual facts about Ted Radcliffe


Ted Radcliffe

Along with Satchel Paige, Moose Johnson, and others, Radcliffe helped to lead the club to the first National Semipro Championship.

His brother Alex Radcliffe also achieved renown as a ballplayer playing third base.

The boys played baseball using a taped ball of rags with their friends including future Negro league All-Star ballplayers Leroy "Satchel" Paige and Bobby Robinson.

Radcliffe recruited at least five young white players, including Lou Chirban and Lou Clarizio.


Neil Churchill

Churchill's 1935 team included Satchel Paige, Hilton Smith, Quincy Trouppe (who joined the team in early June), and Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe (who joined on June 21 after securing his release from the Brooklyn Eagles).


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