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Scrappy Ironmen earned state berth in ’42
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Harry Forbes, champion boxer, once made Bloomington home
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Adam Bogardus, world champion wing shot
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Thrilling World Series captivated nation back in 1926
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Last local Corn Bowl held in 1953
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Digitized photos recall Thanksgiving Corn Bowl
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‘Pop’ Horton organized campus circus fraternity in 1929
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Halloween 1945 followed world war’s end
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Bloomers photo features bevy of big leaguers
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Bloomers had some success against big league clubs
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Buffaloes battled for respect on hardwood court
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Cuban ‘Chico’ Hernandez star of 1938 Bloomers
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Catcher’s mitt tells story of big leaguer ‘Butch’ Henline
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‘Pop’ Dillon of Normal found baseball success in LA
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Bloomington’s Cliff Carroll 19th century baseball standout
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Indoor baseball once popular winter pastime

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Radbourn, Charles "Old Hoss"
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Harris, Carter
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Eyer, Lloyd
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Green, Fred -"The Flying LaVans"
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Green, Harry -"The Flying LaVans"
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Sanders, Isaac
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Wunderlich, Gerald “Jerry” White

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Holiday Hoops Pontiac, Dec. 30, 1948

"Gridley High, January 1953 County Hoops Champs"

Photo of the Week, 15: Play Ball!

Photo of the Week, 26: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

McLean County Basketball Tournament Championship Game, January 21, 1966 Octavia 68, Lexington 48

Play Ball! Cooksville, 1909

Cooksville Ball Club 1908

McLean County Basketball Tournament Championship Game, Jan. 24, 1959

Photo of the Week, 24: Seven ball in the corner pocket . . .

Photo of the Week, 32: Are you ready for some football?

Photo of the Week, 64: Redbirds Crowned National Champs in 1969

Photo of the Week, 82: 'Starr' Attraction at Normal Chamber Banquet, 1969

Fall Means College Football ISNU ‘Teachers,’ 1907

I beg to differ … Waterloo v. Bloomers, July 6, 1938

Normal Sanitary Dairy baseball uniform donated to Museum

Put Up Your Dukes Small Fry Boxers, March 1958

‘Brick’ Young, March 1936 Pantagraph Sports Editor and Official

Titans Thump Redbirds February 1953

Illini Coach Ray Eliot, 1942 Young Men’s Club luncheon

Twin Cities Bowler Peggy Schultz February 1942

Rockets, mid-1940s Twin-City Recreation Center

Beich Bowlers, 1942

Fans Field, South Bloomington Aerial, 1938

En Garde! Fencing Comes to Wesleyan April 1941

BHS Athletic Field Undated Aerial

Winter Wonderland Miller Park Ice Skating, 1958

Photo of the Week, 69: Ready, Set, Go!

Photo of the Week, 1: Bowling Association Tournament

Photo of the Week, 12: Fore!

Photo of the Week, 41: We’re Number One!

Photo of the Week, 49: Church League Hoops, ca. 1916

McHistory: Bloomington’s Unsung Baseball Great

Bloomington Bloomers Fans Field, 1913

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ISU Athletics

CornBelters

Morgan, Raymond “Doc”

Sports Cards

State Farm Classic

Vogel, Joe Baseball Scrapbook

Corn Bowl
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Lake Bloomington Association

Pistole, Richard

Charles (“Old Hoss”) Radbourn

Floyd, Arthur Softball Collection

Dunn, Mark Collection

Constitution Trail

Moraine View State Recreation Area

Intercity High School Tournament

University High School Athletics

Hockey

Softball

Bloomington-Normal Black History Project

Bloomington-Normal Women’s Golf Association

Highland Park Women’s 18 Hole League
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McLean County Basketball Tournament

Baseball

Packard Duck Pin Bowling Alley

pe-2"> Oral Histories

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Fernando Garza

Wilbur Barton

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Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn performed by Rhys Lovell

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Circus Performers

Holiday Hoops Pontiac, Dec. 30, 1948

"Gridley High, January 1953 County Hoops Champs"

Photo of the Week, 15: Play Ball!

Photo of the Week, 26: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

McLean County Basketball Tournament Championship Game, January 21, 1966 Octavia 68, Lexington 48

Play Ball! Cooksville, 1909

Cooksville Ball Club 1908

McLean County Basketball Tournament Championship Game, Jan. 24, 1959

Photo of the Week, 24: Seven ball in the corner pocket . . .

Photo of the Week, 32: Are you ready for some football?

Photo of the Week, 64: Redbirds Crowned National Champs in 1969

Photo of the Week, 82: 'Starr' Attraction at Normal Chamber Banquet, 1969

Fall Means College Football ISNU ‘Teachers,’ 1907

I beg to differ … Waterloo v. Bloomers, July 6, 1938

Normal Sanitary Dairy baseball uniform donated to Museum

Put Up Your Dukes Small Fry Boxers, March 1958

‘Brick’ Young, March 1936 Pantagraph Sports Editor and Official

Titans Thump Redbirds February 1953

Illini Coach Ray Eliot, 1942 Young Men’s Club luncheon

Twin Cities Bowler Peggy Schultz February 1942

Rockets, mid-1940s Twin-City Recreation Center

Beich Bowlers, 1942

Fans Field, South Bloomington Aerial, 1938

En Garde! Fencing Comes to Wesleyan April 1941

BHS Athletic Field Undated Aerial

Winter Wonderland Miller Park Ice Skating, 1958

Photo of the Week, 69: Ready, Set, Go!

Photo of the Week, 1: Bowling Association Tournament

Photo of the Week, 12: Fore!

Photo of the Week, 41: We’re Number One!

Photo of the Week, 49: Church League Hoops, ca. 1916

McHistory: Bloomington’s Unsung Baseball Great

Bloomington Bloomers Fans Field, 1913