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Originally posted by Shefflad
Actually, Harry Wright, a member of the Hall of fame, was born in Sheffield and was ", at the age of 19, a professional cricketer for the Dragonslayers of New York City's St. George Cricket Club. " His brother George (also in the H of F) was born in Yonkers, NY, and was also an accomplished cricketer. Their dad was a professional cricketer as well, specially 'imported' at the time.
Naturally the first famous UK baseball player was from Sheffield (check out my user name, hint hint).
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Aahh yes of course, but my memory of sports in the 1870's isn't so good. Naturally being from Sheffield you'd be used to looking back a long time for sporting success
