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May 7, 2014 · Bill Nunn Jr., a black sports reporter for The Pittsburgh Courier, could not sit in the press box at Forbes Field three years after Jackie Robinson started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. But on a...
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Dec 13, 2022 · In an interview with Bill Nunn Jr. of the Courier, Pittsburgh’s most prominent African American newspaper, Clemente predicted that the Pirates would win in six games. 9 That was all fans got to hear from their favorite player before the Series began. On October 5, Pirates ace Vern Law gave up a single to Tony Kubek to open the 1960 World Series.
Feb 12, 2017 · The central figure in Conte’s book is the late Bill Nunn Jr., the scout who discovered black athletes who became key players in the Steelers’ Super Bowl years. Nunn joined the Steelers...
Bill Nunn was a writer for the Pittsburgh Courier and helped create the East-West Game, along with Roy Sparrow, Cum Posey, Robert Cole and Gus Greenlee.
Baseball History Daily. Contact; Tag Archives: Bill Nunn Jr. Segregation and Spring Training, 1961 11 Apr.
Before leaving for Europe, he had sometimes written about baseball for The Courier. In a 1940 column, he said he participated in a “fanning bee in which were engaged a blend of old timers and an opposite cast of comparative youngsters,” to select the greatest Negro League player of all-time and the best player(s) in other categories.
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May 7, 2014 · Mr. Nunn, 89, died on Tuesday night in the hospital as the result of complications of a stroke he had suffered recently. His death was some 48 hours before what would have been his 46th NFL Draft as a full-time scout for the Steelers.
