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1953 Texas Longhorns Baseball Team
The 1953 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 11th season at Texas. The Longhorns reached the College World Series final, but were eliminated by Michigan. Personnel Roster Coaches Schedule ! style="background:#CC5500;color:white;", Regular season , - valign="top" , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 17 , , at Baylor (Houston) , , Houston, TX , , W 10–5 , , 1–0 , , , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 21 , , Baylor (Houston) , , Houston, TX , , W 25–7 , , 2–0 , , , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 23 , , , , Clark Field • Austin, TX , , W 8–6 , , 3–0 , , , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 24 , , Minnesota , , Clark Field • Austin, TX , , W 7–6 , , 4–0 , , , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 26 , , , , Clark Field â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibb Falk
Bibb August Falk (January 27, 1899 – June 8, 1989) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1920–28) and Cleveland Indians (1929–31). Born in Austin, Texas, Falk played football and baseball at the University of Texas before signing with the White Sox in 1920. He was a spare outfielder with the Sox until news of the 1919 Black Sox scandal broke and eight players were suspended; Falk replaced Shoeless Joe Jackson in left field. Falk was a consistent hitter, ending his career after twelve seasons with a .314 career batting average. He was also known as a heady player whose merciless riding of opponents earned him the nickname "Jockey." His best season was in 1926 with the White Sox; he had a .345 batting average, 43 doubles, and 108 runs batted in, and finished 12th in the MVP voting that year. After the 1928 season, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Chick Autry, and played three more seasons in the major leagues b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western heritage and traditional architecture and design. is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Nearby Dallas has held a population majority as long as records have been kept, yet Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States at the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Southwest Conference Baseball Season
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Texas Longhorns Baseball Seasons
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most populous in the state and seventh-largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are, respectively, the fourth- and fifth-largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country. Other major cities include Austin, the second most populous state capital in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Lafayette Leopards Baseball Team
The 1953 Lafayette Leopards baseball team represented Lafayette College in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field. The team was coached by Charlie Gelbert in his 8th year at Lafayette. The Leopards won the District II Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Texas Longhorns. Roster Schedule ! style="" , Regular season , - valign="top" , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , , April 2 , , at , , Unknown • Washington, D.C. , , 2–1 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , , April 3 , , vs Fort Eustis , , Unknown • Virginia Beach, Virginia , , 9–10 , , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , , April 4 , , vs , , Unknown • Virginia Beach, Virginia , , 1–2 , , 1–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#fffdd0" , 4 , , April 7 , , at , , Unknown • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , , 4–4 , , 1–2–1 , - align="cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium was a baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, the former home to the annual NCAA Division I College World Series and the minor league Omaha Royals, now known as the Omaha Storm Chasers. Rosenblatt Stadium was the largest minor league baseball stadium in the United States until its demolition (Sahlen Field now holds the record). The final College World Series game at Rosenblatt Stadium was played on June 29, 2010. The final game for the Royals in the stadium, and under the Royals name, was played on September 2, 2010, with the Royals defeating the Round Rock Express. The Omaha Nighthawks played their 2010 season at Rosenblatt. Following those events, Rosenblatt was replaced by TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. Rosenblatt Stadium began renovation in late July (after being reopened during the 2012 College World Series for fans to visit again). The pressbox girders were imploded on the morning of August 22, 2012. Re-construction of Rosenblatt in playground-esque for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Duke Blue Devils Baseball Team
The 1953 Duke Blue Devils baseball team represented Duke University in the 1953 NCAA baseball season. The Blue Devils played their home games at Jack Coombs Field. The team was coached by Ace Parker in his 1st year at Duke. The Blue Devils won the District III playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Boston College Eagles. Roster Schedule ! style="" , Regular season , - valign="top" , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , , March 25 , , at , , Unknown • Greenville, South Carolina , , 4–5 , , 0–1 , , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , , March 26 , , at , , Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina , , 5–4 , , 1–1 , , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , , March 27 , , at , , Unknown • Davidson, North Carolina , , 11–2 , , 2–1 , , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , , March 30 , , , , Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucson, Arizona
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Seguin, Texas
Seguin ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Guadalupe County, Texas, United States; as of the 2020 census, its population was 29,433. Its economy is primarily supported by a regional hospital, as well as the Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation water-utility, that supplies the surrounding Greater San Antonio areas from nearby aquifers as far as Gonzales County. Several dams in the surrounding area are governed by the main offices of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, headquartered in downtown Seguin. Seguin, named in honor of Juan SeguÃn, a Tejano Texian freedom fighter and early supporter of the Republic of Texas, is one of the oldest towns in Texas, founded just 16 months after the Texas Revolution began. The frontier settlement was a cradle of the Texas Rangers and home to the celebrated Captain Jack Hays, perhaps the most famous Ranger of all. At this time, the Seguin area was a part of Gonzales County, the remaining portion known as present-day Belmont. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is northwest of Houston and east-northeast of Austin. As of the 2020 census, College Station had a population of 120,511. College Station and Bryan make up the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, the 13th-largest metropolitan area in Texas with 273,101 people as of 2019. College Station is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The city owes its name and existence to the university's location along a railroad. Texas A&M's triple designation as a Land-, Sea-, and Space-Grant institution reflects the broad scope of the research endeavors it brings to the city, with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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