Durell Tigers of Harriman

This picture of baseball team surfaced on the Historical Negro League Baseball Site facebook group.  I wasn't aware of the Durell Tigers, so I did a bit of looking.

image lifted from the facebook group, The Historical Negro League Baseball Site.
Originally posted to fb by Paul Mashburn.

The Knoxville News-Sentinel - June 24, 1951

The Knoxville News-Sentinel - September 11, 1952

The Knoxville News-Sentinel - September 15, 1952

The Knoxville News-Sentinel - April 26, 1956

image lifted from the Roane County Heritage Commission facebook page
originally posted February 27, 2016 (link).
I have added names to the photo, based on info provided by the RCHC.

H. M. Edmonds

 

H. M. Edmonds was elected captain of the University of Tennessee baseball team in February of 1898.  A month earlier he was elected as Vice-President of the local YMCA.