Chicago Shamrocks Pittsburgh Pirates Artwork by Chris Weir

Artwork by Chris Weir

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Cincinnati native Byron Larkin played football and basketball at Moeller High School then continued on to play basketball from 1984–85 and 1987–88 at XU

League Park was a baseball stadium built in 1891

The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in 1920 that are sometimes termed the Negro Major Leagues

Chicago Shamrocks Pittsburgh Pirates Artwork by Chris WeirThe Chicago Shamrocks played in the AHL from 1930 to 1932. The team was dissolved when owner James Norris bought the major league team in Detroit and renamed them the to their current nickname.