GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS
BASEBALL PLAYERS
RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
06/27/2006
Copyrighted@2005
PARAGOULD - Has been playing the game for generations .
In 1947 , Paragould had a baseball camp for the St. Louis Browns , that was combed by scouts looking for talent .
Paragould had teams like the Paragould - Rebels that played for The Northeast Arkansas - Missouri League in 1938 .
N.E.A. League the circuit was composed of four cities , Jonesboro , Marianna , Paragould and Newport . The league was started as dissoulution of the Arkansas State League . First season started July 26, 1909 .
I will try to create a record of the players from the old newspapers that played on the teams or leagues of Greene County and Northeast Arkansas .
If you have information or photos to add please email me .
Older Members of the
These teams below are other old pictures I have run across through the old newspapers that I'm sure that are hard to come by . So I decided to share .