Stockholm club (club name unreported)
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Earliest Known Date | 1949 |
Last Known Game | |
Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
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Nine Class | Senior |
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Description | "Towards the end of World War II, Sweden, which was a neutral, decided to buy fifty P-51 Mustang aircraft, to re-equip its air force. These were flown to Sweden by American pilots, and American pilots had to instruct Swedes n handling these planes. During this contact, they also taught baseball to the Swedes. "Arising out of this interest, a club was formed in Stockholm in 1949." Note: Clubs in Sweden had formed in 1910, but "a long period followed during which the game probably died out, and it appears to have been reintroduced in 1945."
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Sources | Swedish Baseball History, Baseball Mercury (England, William Morgan, ed.) Issue 13, August 1976, page 3. Accessed 6/24/2013 at http://www.projectcobb.org.uk/materials.html. |
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Has Source On Hand | No |
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Found by | Joe Gray |
Submission Note | Via Project Cobb Website (url above) |
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First in Location | Sweden |
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