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The Nashville Americans (1885) were the city's first professional baseball team. Amateur teams first played baseball in Nashville, Tennessee, in the late 1860s. [1] On October 6, 1884, local investors met to establish the city's first professional baseball team, the Nashville Americans. [2] Following a failed bid to join the major league Union ...
All The Rage — entertainment and events. The City Paper (general news and opinion; originally Monday-Friday, later twice weekly, and then weekly; published November 1, 2000 — August 9, 2013) The Daily American, (1876–1894) and The Nashville American (1894–September 25, 1910); merged into The Tennessean [ 1] The Labor Advocate (weekly ...
The first issue of the Nashville Tennessean was printed on Sunday May 12, 1907. The paper was founded by Col. Luke Lea, a 28-year-old attorney and local political activist. In 1910, the publishers purchased a controlling interest in the Nashville American. They began publishing an edition known as The Tennessean American.
Fred Russell (August 27, 1906 – January 26, 2003) was an American sportswriter from Tennessee who served as sports editor for the Nashville Banner newspaper for 68 years (1930–1998). He was a member of the Heisman Trophy Committee, president of the Football Writers Association of America and a member of several sports-related Halls of Fame.
1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee. [7] 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind [14] and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established. [12] 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established. [5] 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built. [5] 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room [8] and Tennessee Historical Society founded.
OCLC number. 9426483. The Nashville Banner is a defunct daily newspaper of Nashville, Tennessee, United States, which published from April 10, 1876 until February 20, 1998. The Banner was published each Monday through Friday afternoon (as well as Saturdays until the 1990s and Sundays until 1937), and at one time carried as many as five editions.
The Nashville Daily American, also published as the Daily American and Nashville American, (c. 1876 –1910) was a newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] It sponsored the Nashville Americans baseball team. It was acquired by The Tennessean in 1911. Arthur St. Clair Colyar served as editor. He was one of those featured on trading cards as part ...
Nashville, Tennessee. Occupation. Sports journalist. Years active. 1974-2015. David Climer (1953 – January 19, 2020) was a sports reporter and columnist for over four decades at The Tennessean, from 1974 to 2015. Climer was raised in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he wrote for the school newspapers at Lebanon Junior High and Lebanon High School ...