| Classification | Minor league |
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Ceased | 1931 |
| Country | United States |
The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926. The league did not play a schedule in 1922.
The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League and renamed the Texas–Louisiana Negro League for the 1930 and 1931 seasons.
Teams
1919–26
Teams listed alphabetically by city for the 1919–21 and 1923–26 seasons. Some teams may be the same franchise with a different name or location.
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1929–31
- Dallas Black Giants (1929–31)
- Fort Worth Black Panthers (1929)
- Houston Black Buffaloes (1929–31) (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1929)
- Oklahoma City Black Indians (1929)
- San Antonio Black Indians (1929–31)
- Shreveport Black Sports (1929, 1931)
- Tulsa Black Oilers (1929)
- Wichita Falls (1929)
- New Orleans Black Pelicans (1930–31)
- Port Arthur (1930)
- Waco (1930)
- Monroe Monarchs (1931)
- Galveston Black Buccaneers (1931)
- Fort Worth Black Cats (1931)
Champions
- 1919 San Antonio Black Aces
- 1920 Austin
- 1921 Houston Black Buffaloes
- 1923 Austin Black Senators
- 1924 Austin Black Senators
- 1925 Austin Black Senators
- 1926 Austin Black Senators
- 1929 no information available
- 1930 last half of season not reported; possibly Houston Black Buffaloes
- 1931 Monroe Monarchs
References
- "Texas Colored League 1919-1926" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- "Texas–Louisiana League (1930-1931)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
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- Negro baseball leagues
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- Baseball leagues in Louisiana
- Baseball leagues in Oklahoma
- Baseball leagues in Texas
- Sports leagues established in 1919
- Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
- African-American history of Texas
- African-American history of Oklahoma
- African-American history of Louisiana