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  Ted Radcliffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ted Radcliffe managed the Cleveland Tigers in 1937, Memphis Red Sox in 1938 and the Chicago American Giants in 1943.
Radcliffe was player-manager of the integrated Jamestown Red Sox of North Dakota from May to October 1934.
Radcliffe's team had won two games out of three when Foxx was hit on the head by a Chet Brewer pitch, and the tour cancelled.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ted_Radcliffe   (2156 words)

  
 User:TheoClarke/Selected contributions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
N Lou Chirban was a colleague of Ted Radcliffe.
N Lou Clarizio was a colleague of Ted Radcliffe.
N Quincy Trouppe was a colleague of Ted Radcliffe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:TheoClarke/Selected_contributions   (2739 words)

  
 IN MEMORIAM - Ted Radcliffe 1928 - 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Ted was an Official at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland and his hobby became a full-time position in 1976 when he was Track and Field Statistician at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.
Ted was co-author with Bill McNulty of two books on track and field – "Canadian Athletics 1839 – 1992" published in 1992 by Athletics Canada and "The Legend Of The Inter-High 1903-1995" published in 1995 by Legend of the Inter-High 1903-1995.
Ted will be remembered by his numerous friends worldwide as a gentle and honourable man who went out of his way to help those less fortunate than he.
www.bcathletics.org /memoriam_radcliffe.htm   (311 words)

  
 BlackNews.com - Ted Radcliffe of Negro League Dies At 103
Radcliffe, given his singular nickname by sports writer Damon Runyon after catching Satchel Paige in the first game of a doubleheader in the 1932 Negro League World Series and pitching a shutout in the second game, died from complications after a long bout with cancer, the Chicago White Sox said.
Radcliffe was frequently in the crowd at U.S. Cellular Field and occasionally visited the White Sox clubhouse.
Radcliffe was raised in Mobile, Ala., and went on to play for more than 15 teams in the Negro Leagues from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.
www.blacknews.com /pr/radcliffe101.html   (469 words)

  
 11 Aug 2005 - Negro Leagues Baseball News
Radcliffe, who played for or coached 30 teams in his career, recorded an estimated 4,000 hits and 400 home runs, winning 500 games and collecting 4,000 strikeouts as a pitcher.
In 1945 with the Kansas City Monarchs, Radcliffe roomed with Jackie Robinson, and he was later credited with integrating two semi-pro leagues.
Radcliffe earned the State of Illinois Historical Committee's Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored by Mayor Richard M. Daley as an outstanding Chicagoan.
www.nlbpa.com /11aug2005.html   (541 words)

  
 Obituaries Today
Radcliffe was a both a player and a manager and played for 15 teams during his career.
Radcliffe's nickname, "Double Duty", was given to him by sports writer, Damon Runyon, in the 1932 Negro League World Series after catching Satchel Paige in the first game of a doubleheader and pitching a shutout in the second game.
Radcliffe's love of the game never wavered and he was frequently in the crowd at US Cellular Field.
www.obituariestoday.com /Obituaries/ObitShow.cfm?Obituary_ID=39640   (243 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Ted Radcliffe
Radcliffe, who has died aged 103, was not the best batting catcher in the Negro Leagues, nor by any means the best pitcher.
True to form, Radcliffe was already on his way to the Brooklyn Eagles, and then to Cincinnati, where he became a player-manager, which prompted a move to Memphis, and two successful seasons in the dual roles.
Radcliffe also played in integrated winter leagues in Cuba and Mexico, and as early as 1935 barnstormed in Canada with an all-white team playing Jimmy Foxx's all-stars.
www.guardian.co.uk /usa/story/0,12271,1559402,00.html   (957 words)

  
 Ted Radcliffe, Star of the Negro Leagues, Is Dead at 103 - New York Times
Ted Radcliffe, one of the last surviving Negro leagues stars, whose prowess on the pitching mound and behind the plate inspired Damon Runyon to nickname him Double Duty, died yesterday in Chicago.
Radcliffe and Buck O'Neil, 93, a star player and manager with the Kansas City Monarchs and now chairman of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., were often honored as pre-eminent figures whose playing careers were solely in fl baseball.
Radcliffe emerged from obscurity in 1990, when the news media reported how he and his wife had been beaten and robbed while living in a housing project on Chicago's South Side.
www.nytimes.com /2005/08/12/sports/baseball/12radcliffe.html?ex=1281499200&en=f3769b8f232af41b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (890 words)

  
 Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe was the oldest living member of the Negro Leagues.
Ted's story is an archtype for the great negro players who played baseball before the integration of the game in 1947 with Jackie Robinson being invited to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
By Radcliffe's own accounts playing for the 1932 Pittsburg Crawfords was one of the premiere years of his personal experience in the Negro leagues.
www.artsales.com /ARTstudio/highland_studios/negro_league_2.htm   (299 words)

  
 TSN.ca - MLB - Canada's Sports Leader
In May, Radcliffe was among 14 Negro Leagues players honoured in a pre-game ceremony at RFK Stadium before the Chicago Cubs played Washington.
As he approached his 100th birthday, Radcliffe was living in a retirement centre about a half-mile from Comiskey Park.
Radcliffe roomed with Jackie Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945, two years before Robinson broke baseball's colour barrier in the majors, and also managed in the Negro Leagues.
www.tsn.ca /mlb/news_story.asp?ID=133154   (465 words)

  
 Ted Radcliffe : Double Duty was star of Negro Leagues : HistoricBaseball.com
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, a star of the Negro Leagues, died on Aug. 11, 2005 in Chicago, Ill. He was 103.
Radcliffe played for more than 15 teams in the Negro Leagues over the course of his career beginning in the late 1920s and running to the early 1950s.
In 1945, Radcliffe was the roommate of Jackie Robinson who would go on to break baseball's color barrier in 1947.
www.historicbaseball.com /players/r/radcliffe_ted.html   (285 words)

  
 Radcliffe, Ted 'Double Duty' - Negro League Baseball Player
, Chicago, IL Ted was born July 7, 1902 in Mobile, Alabama.
Ted Radcliffe earned his nickname by performing as both catcher and pitcher.
With the Stars he was the regular catcher for the first half of the season, but when the pitching staff wore thin, he stepped in and proved to be one of the top hurlers on their championship squad.
www.nlbpa.com /radcliffe__ted_-_double_duty.html   (315 words)

  
 ABC News: Obituaries in the News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Radcliffe, given his nickname by sports writer Damon Runyon after catching Satchel Paige in the first game of a doubleheader in the 1932 Negro League World Series and pitching a shutout in the second game, died from complications after a long bout with cancer, the Chicago White Sox said.
In May, Radcliffe was among 14 Negro Leagues players honored in a ceremony at RFK Stadium before the Chicago Cubs played Washington.
Radcliffe went on to play for more than 15 teams in the Negro Leagues from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1030574   (347 words)

  
 The HistoryMakers
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, one of Negro League Baseball's most popular players, was born on July 7, 1902, in Mobile, Alabama.
Because of the limited educational and economic opportunities available to African Americans at the time, baseball became a means for Radcliffe and his brother, Alex, a top Negro League third baseman, to leave Mobile and the segregated South.
Radcliffe caught Paige in a victorious first game and then pitched a shutout in the second.
thehistorymakers.com /biography/biography.asp?bioindex=91&...   (243 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Dick Vitale - 010510contestwinner
Ted Radcliffe of Boise, Idaho, was ecstatic when he received a phone call from Dick Vitale in March notifying him that he was the winner of the 2001 Dick Vitale Hoops Trivia Contest.
Radcliffe's name was the lucky one drawn from more than 2,000 eligible contestants.
It was Ted's first-ever trip to Florida, and he enjoyed the beautiful beaches and Gulf of Mexico views from his room at the Holiday Inn at Lido Beach.
espn.go.com /dickvitale/010510contestwinner.html   (362 words)

  
 Baseball legend Ted Radcliffe dies at 103 - PittsburghLIVE.com
Negro Leagues star Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, who was nicknamed by sportswriter Damon Ruynon, for pitching and catching double-headers, has died at 103.
The colorful Radcliffe, believed the oldest player to pitch in a professional baseball game when he threw a ball for the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League in 1998 suffered from cancer in recent years, WFLD-TV, Chicago, reported Thursday.
Radcliffe lived in a retirement home near U.S. Cellular Field and would throw out the first ball at Chicago White Sox games on his July 7 birthday.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/hs98/s_362754.html   (274 words)

  
 Ted Radcliffe | BaseballLibrary.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Radcliffe was a star Negro League pitcher and catcher of the 1930s and 1940s.
Radcliffe caught Satchel Paige in a 5-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, then pitched a shutout in the nightcap.
Radcliffe's team was 2-1 when Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was beaned, and the tour canceled.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/R/Radcliffe_Ted.stm   (334 words)

  
 Milwaukee's Wall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The first inductees, presented in 1997, for the "Wall of Fame" were Sam Jethroe, Buck Leonard, Cowan Hyde, Ted Radcliffe, Lefty Mathis, Josh Johnson, Monte Irvin and Bobbie Robinson.
Ted Radcliffe spent 23 seasons in the Negro Leagues.
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe is greeted by a fan who happens to be a NY Yankee
my.execpc.com /~sshivers/wall_of_.htm   (644 words)

  
 The Oldest Living Ballplayers (Updated)
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, 1902-2005, was a star of the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated.
Radcliffe played semipro ball until he was in his mid-twenties, but then entered the Negro Leagues and enjoyed a long career as a multi-position player and, eventually, a manager.
Though Radcliffe was then the oldest ex-player, Paul Hopkins became the oldest living major leaguer upon the death of Hayworth.
www.wcnet.org /~dlfleitz/oldestupd.htm   (696 words)

  
 Radcliffe, Edward (Ted) B.
Lagnaoui, A. and Radcliffe, E. Potato fungicides interfere with entomopathogenic fungi impacting population dynamics of green peach aphid.
Seasonal abundance of aphid vectors of potato virus Y in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and north Dakota.
Susceptibility to potato leafroll virus in potato: effects of cultivar, plant age at inoculation, and inoculation pressure on tuber infection.
ipmworld.umn.edu /vitae/ebrvita.htm   (754 words)

  
 The Holy Cow, November 2003
Radcliffe, you see, played on 40 teams in his 36 year playing career, so it was a good chance he played on Bismarck in 1935.
He did and McNary met Radcliffe in the early 1980s, and not too immodestly said, “Why don’t you do a book on me?” Some of the more interesting points of McNary’s comments centered on Radcliffe’s 90 year friendship with fellow Negro Leaguer Lester Lockett.
Radcliffe’s Minnesota connection includes one and one-half months for Rochester in the Southern Minny League in 1948 and some unfortunate hostile treatment in Albert Lea.
halseyhall.org /pubs/november2003/cow0311.html   (1123 words)

  
 Official ‘Double Duty’ Radcliffe
Because of the limited educational and economic opportunities available to African Americans at the time, baseball became a means for Radcliffe and his brother, Ted- a top Negro League third baseman, to leave Mobile and the segregated South.
Radcliffe caught for legendary pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige in a victorious first game and then pitched a shutout in the second.
Radcliffe, the oldest living Negro League player in the United States, resides in Chicago.
www.doubleduty-radcliffe.com   (362 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - "Double Duty" Radcliffe dies at 103
CHICAGO -- Former Negro Leagues star Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player, died Thursday.
Ted Radcliffe could be found attending White Sox games, where he visited the clubhouse often.
In May, Radcliffe was among 14 Negro Leagues players honored in a pregame ceremony at RFK Stadium before the Cubs played Washington.
espn.go.com /classic/obit/s/2005/0811/2131415.html   (500 words)

  
 'Double Duty' Radcliffe Dies at 103
Ted Radcliffe, who earned the nickname "Double Duty" after catching the first game of a Negro leagues doubleheader and pitching a shutout in the second, has died at age 103.
Radcliffe, who caught, pitched or coached for 30 professional teams, died in Chicago of complications from cancer.
Radcliffe was born July 7, 1902, in Mobile, Ala., one of 10 children.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081100958.html?nav=rss_sports/index/mlb   (381 words)

  
 Double Duty Book/First 3 Chapters/Pitch Black Negro League site
Coleman, 25 years Radcliffe's senior, was born in 1877 in Louisville, Kentucky and became a star pitcher on the sandlots of Kentucky.
Ted Radcliffe would repeat similar words as a manager in the 40s and 50s.
Radcliffe played in every one-horse town in the Midwest while with the Illinois Giants and Gilkerson's Union Giants and it often seemed that the smaller the town, the worse the treatment.
www.thediamondangle.com /books/dubduty_book.html   (10077 words)

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