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	Oscar Charleston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oscar Charleston (1896-1954) was a professional baseball player and manager with a number of Negro Leagues teams from 1915 to 1945.
		An intense, focused, intelligent man, Charleston was among the most renowned players of his time, a tremendous power and contact hitter and one of the finest defensive center fielders of all time.
		Charleston was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oscar_Charleston (297 words)

	Oscar Charleston Memorial Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oscar Charleston born on the near-eastside of Indianapolis October 14, 1896.
		Oscar Charleston played in the Negro Leagues, and was considered by many of his peers to be the greatest player ever (period).
		Oscar Charleston was the first player born in Indianapolis to get a plaque in Cooperstown.
	home.cinci.rr.com /debono/oscar1.htm (324 words)

	charleston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Charleston was the son of Tom, a Sioux Indian and construction worker and Mary Jeannette Thomas.
		Oscar Charleston was buried in Floral Park in Indianapolis.
		Charleston was a pleasant, chubby-cheeked, barrel-chested Terminator with a penance for fighting.
	my.execpc.com /~sshivers/charleston.html (1171 words)

	Oscar Charleston: A Giant Season for a Junior Monarch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To see the 29-year-old Charleston, as Waters did, in the middle of the roaring twenties, was to see part-gymnast, all power, and the managerial gaze of a leader, as he deciphered his opponents.
		Charleston, applauded in the fl newspaper The Philadelphia Tribune, batted a whopping.455 and was hailed as "a beacon light for the rest of the players to shoot at." The paper praised the hustling Charleston and his six home runs, including one spectacular bash.
		Charleston was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /history/2005/050209.htm (1159 words)

	Oscar Charleston
		Rapidly establishing himself as a standout player, Charleston was the cornerstone of the Indianapolis franchise as the team entered Rube Foster's Negro National League as a charter member in 1920.
		During the heyday of the Crawfords from 1932 to 1936 Charleston continually maintained a.340+ batting average and joined with Josh Gibson to provide Pittsburgh with one baseball's most potent offenses.
		Charleston was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1976.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Charleston.html (510 words)

	Oscar Charleston -- Star of Negro League Baseball
		Oscar Charleston was a true superstar of the Negro Leagues.
		Charleston had a legendary temper and became famous for his many fights with other players, umpires, owners and scouts.
		1896 - Oscar Charleston was born in Indianapolis.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/c/charleston_oscar.html (791 words)

	Out of the Showdows - Negro Leagues Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An esteemed baseball player, Oscar Charleston was born and raised in Indianapolis along with his 10 brothers and sisters and was one of the most influential contributors to the Negro League baseball teams in Indianapolis.
		Charleston spent 33 seasons playing for and managing the Indianapolis ABCs, the Chicago American Giants as well as other Negro League Teams.
		In 1976, Charleston's contributions to baseball were recognized through his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
	outoftheshadows.net /charlplayground.htm (109 words)

	Oscars Place - Charleston, SC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oscar’s Place is a delightful and distinctive fixture in beautiful Summerville, South Carolina.
		Oscar’s Place is also the chosen spot for gathering of friends and their favorite beverages in the tavern style lounge.
		Oscar’s is open Monday thru Saturday for lunch and dinner, and available for on and off premise catering for any size group.
	www.americascuisine.com /charleston/oscarsplace.html (127 words)

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		Oscar, along with many of the great Negro League Players have not been given the recognition that they deserve.
		Oscar Charlestion, the great baseball player that he was, should be widely recognized thoughout Indiana, and the whole U.S. for his accomplishments.
		Oscar is the focus of my research and I think a dedication to his life is long overdue.
	www.htmlgear.tripod.com /gw/guest/control.guest?u=oscar1997462&a=view&i=1&r= (179 words)

	African American Registry: Baseball's Oscar Charleston, his statistic's say it all!
		Oscar Charleston* was born on this date in 1896.
		Charleston played with the St. Louis Giants, the Harrisburg Giants (serving also as manager), and the Philadelphia Hilldales in the 1920s.
		Charleston retired as a player in 1941 with a lifetime batting average of.357.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/400/Baseballs_Oscar_Charleston_his_statistics_say_it_all (353 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Oscar Charleston
		The sharp-eyed Charleston hit for both average and distance and, while always dangerous, he was at his best in the clutch.
		After leaving the Grays, Oscar's age and weight gain prompted a move to first base, where he continued to star as playing manager for the great Pittsburgh Crawfords of 1932-36.
		The hard-hitting slugger ended his long career credited with a.376 lifetime batting average, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976, a fitting tribute to a man who might well have been the greatest all-around ballplayer in fl baseball history.
	www.blackbaseball.com /players/oscarcharleston.htm (533 words)

	Babe Ruth vs Josh Gibson - Baseball Fever
		Oscar was a tremendous hitter (maybe just behind Gibson), but he was one of the best fielding CFers of all-time, and he was one of the fastest players in the Negro Leagues too.
		Charleston was an outfielder, Gibson was a catcher.
		Charleston started playing pro ball in 1915, and was an elite player by 1917.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=33248 (3349 words)

	BrokenCowboy: Sports Views with a West Coast Bias: Misc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I was happy to see all of the principles from Million Dollar Baby earn Oscars for their work on the film (although I have to admit that I agreed with a few of Skip Bayless's criticisms), and the whole thing got me to thinking...
		Oscar Schmidt: He was the face of Brazilian basketball for twenty-six years.
		Oscar Robertson: Here's all you really need to know -- in his second year in the league, the Big O averaged a triple double for the entire season.
	www.brokencowboy.com /misc (696 words)

	Sports
		Oscar Mckinley Charleston was born an American baseball player and manager who was considered by many to be the best all-around ball player in the history of the Negro leagues.
		Charleston was the only fl player in the Manila League in 1914.
		From 1932 to 1938, Charleston was player-manager for the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
	www.sis.pitt.edu /resources/diversity/naa/sports.html (469 words)

	Oscar Charleston and U.S. - Numbers, Names, Dates and Places
		Oscar McKinley Charleston is considered one of the greatest baseball players who ever played the game.
		From photographs and according to recollections, he was a barrel-chested man blessed with extraordinary strength, coordination and speed.
		Oscar McKinley Charleston is born in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 15, 1996, the son of Tom, a Sioux Indian, and Mary Jeannette Thomas.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/caring_soul/97975 (576 words)

	Oscar Charleston: Was Cobb 'The White Charleston'? Summary / Study Guide
		Oscar Charleston, to the baseball historian and those with a fascination for the Negro leagues, looms as a powerful, even menacing figure out of baseball's epic past, whose image is yet half-shadowed because of the scarcity of historical records from the era he dominated.
		Those who played with and against him remember his steel gray eyes that were tinted with blue, eyes said to have been frightening, cold, and determined.
		Those who have delved into baseball's hidden history say he may have been the best baseball player who ever lived; he was so good that he made the spectacular seem...
	www.enotes.com /oscar-charleston-qn (122 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Oscar Charleston
		Charleston, Oscar (1896-1954), American baseball player and manager who was a prominent figure in African American baseball for nearly 40 years....
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	encarta.msn.com /Oscar_Charleston.html (75 words)

	Pittsburgh Crawfords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which played in the Negro Leagues.
		In the 1930s they were considered by many observers to be the best Negro League baseball team of all time, as they dominated the Negro National League under player-manager Oscar Charleston with the help of star players Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, and Cool Papa Bell.
		The Crawfords were owned by Gus "Big Red" Greenlee, who built one of the few ballparks owned by a Negro League baseball team owner--Greenlee Field.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pittsburgh_Crawfords (159 words)

	Teacher Resources - Collection - Jackie Robinson and Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
		A year later, a Negro League game program featured "The Charleston Story", a short biography of Oscar Charleston, manager of the Indianapolis Clowns and one of the greatest Negro League players of all time.
		Charleston played and managed in the league from 1915 to 1954.
		The biography explains that it was at the peak of his career, in the mid-1920s, that Charleston began to consider managing: "His accomplishments became a matter of record and he’d gone as far as he could as a Negro.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpedu/collections/jr/history.html (1625 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Harrisburg Giants 1925 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oscar Charleston managed this power-laden ballclub to a second place finish in the Eastern Colored League behind Hilldale.
		The outfield of Charleston, Rap Dixon and Fats Jenkins excelled in the field and at bat and formed one of the best outfields of all-time.
		The corner infielders Ben Taylor at first and Rev Cannady at third were also exceptional hitters and teamed with the outfield to give Harrisburg a formidable batting order.
	www.bonus.com /contour/negro_baseball/http@@/www.blackbaseball.com/teams/harrisburggiants1925.htm (96 words)

	The Negro Leagues: Gone But Not Forgotten Remembering Oscar Charleston-BlackAthlete Sports Network
		NEW HAVEN, CT. --To the fl press, longtime Negro League star Oscar Charleston was commonly known as the "Hoosier Comet".
		In a career that spanned four decades, Charleston was a player and manager who was considered by many to be the best all-around ball player in the history of the Negro leagues.
		Charleston also played with the St. Louis Giants, the Harrisburg Giants (serving as a player-manager), and the Philadelphia Hilldales in the 1920s.
	www.blackathlete.com /Baseball/070204.shtml (639 words)

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		Charleston routinely led the Negro Leagues in categories such as average, doubles, triples, homers and steals.
		That gives you an idea of what Oscar Charleston was like.
		Until men like Charleston are included in discussions of the best players ever, or men like Delahanty and Wells are included in discussions of the best at their position, baseball fans will be overlooking some great talents, offering false conclusions as a result.
	www.city-net.com /~mgelman/col30 (581 words)

	#12 Greatest Positional Player of All-Time - Baseball Fever
		I'd like to be able to vote for Charleston and Gibson, but I don't feel like I have enough perspective or knowledge about these players to vote for them.
		Oscar died in Philadelphia on Oct. 5, 1954, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976, the 7th negro leaguer to be so honored.
		They were some of the best and just because Judge Landis had his head stuck in the sand does not diminish their awesome ability and legendary status.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=19511 (5074 words)

	African American People-4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Micheaux, Oscar - biography of early fl film-maker, Oscar Micheaux, who is buried in Great Bend, Kansas.
		On the Trail of Oscar Micheux - early pioneer of filmmaking.
		Oscar Micheaux: A Short Bibliography - listing resources available in the UC Berkeley Library.
	www.husdsupport.org /african_american_people4.htm (1965 words)

	Oscar Charleston \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Through 1923, the lefthanded-hitting and throwing Charleston posted a.370 batting average with the NNL ABC's and St. Louis Giants, and in 1921 led the league in hitting (.446), triples (10), HR (14), total bases (137), slugging (.774), and stolen bases (28), finishing second with 79 hits in 50 games.
		Charleston remained with the Crawfords through 1940, following them in moves to Toledo and Indianapolis.
		Charleston had a famous temper, and enjoyed brawling, resulting in legendary encounters with umpires, opponents, agents raiding his teams, a Ku Klux Klansman, and, on one occasion, several Cuban soldiers.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Charleston_Oscar.stm (789 words)

	Negro Leaguers in Cooperstown
		A barrel-chested, left-handed hitter, the fiery Charleston hit for both average and power while revolutionizing defensive play in center field.
		He began his career as a knuckleball pitcher and earned his famous nickname as a rookie by striking out Oscar Charleston with the game on the line.
		He later became a leadoff hitter and stolen base artist for three Negro leagues dynasties: the St. Louis Stars of the late 1920s, the Pittsburgh Crawfords of the 1930s and the Homestead Grays of the mid-1940s.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~mpmott/public_html/negro_leaguers_in_cooperstown.htm (889 words)

	Search Results for Charleston - Encyclopædia Britannica
		city, seat of Charleston county, southeastern South Carolina, U.S. It is a major port on the Atlantic coast, a historic centre of Southern culture, and the hub of a large urbanized area that includes...
		South Charleston was founded in 1916, and its development began with the establishment of several...
		Overview of this department at College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. Provides details of graduate, undergraduate, and research programs, courses, curriculum, and events.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Charleston&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (451 words)

	African American Art Article on Artist Kadir Nelson
		Nelson's four pieces Bullet Rogan, Low and Away, Oscar Charleston and Willie Foster and Young Fans capture the essence of the fl male athlete as a hero, as the center of a community, and as the model of success for both men and boys.
		In Willie Foster and Young Fans, Foster is surrounded by four boys who are seeking to emulate him in every way, from the “dead pan” expression on his face, to the way he stands with his feet pointed outward.
		In other works, the wizened facial expressions of Oscar Charleston and “Bullet” Rogan are expressions to be studied, as light dances on the smallest of details.
	www.kadirnelson.com /press/africanAmericanArt.htm (385 words)

	Re: VHOF: 1983 results, 1991 ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He is > tied for 12th all-time in batting average, trailing VHOF players Gibson, > Charleston and Lloyd and a bunch of 1B/OF types (Suttles, Jenkins, > Torriente, Leonard, Stearnes), slow, poor-fielding utility men who > didn't draw walks (Wilson, Beckwith) and Bullet Joe Rogan (more on him > later).
		The only guys over 4000 are Jud Wilson, Oscar Charleston, Cool Papa Bell and Biz Mackey.
		> Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, John Lloyd Henry, > and Oscar Charleston are the five Negro League representative in the > VHOF right now, about one per decade for the first five decades of > the 20th century.
	www.talkaboutbaseball.com /group/rec.sport.baseball/messages/571538.html (669 words)

	KDHX Theatre Review - Cobb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The one thing all three personas agree on throughout the play is that he was the greatest ballplayer there ever was.
		The dialogue between Charleston and any and all of the Cobbs is riveting, and itís all played brilliantly.
		The ensemble of Kevin Beyer, Joe Hanrahan, and Josh Rowan as the three ages of Ty Cobb, and Bryan Keith as Oscar Charleston all give excellent performances, and they work well together as a team.
	www.kdhx.org /reviews/cobb.html (330 words)

	Oscar Charleston: Discount Baseball Gear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But baseball has deeper roots in the Circle City, as fans of the Tribe will discover in the pages of Baseball in Indianapolis, which tells the story of the American pastime in the state capitol from the post-Civil War era up to the present day.
		Legends like Rube Marquard, Oscar Charleston and Roger Maris are all a part of Indianapolis' baseball heritage.
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