Thomas Turner - Negro League Baseball

RECOGNITION AWARDS LINKS 

 The Ohio House of Representatives recognizes Thomas "Highpockets" Turner as an athlete and citizen with a certificate issued by the 122nd General Assembly.

The Foundation of Brown County - home to Georgetown - honors Tom with the "Heart of Brown County" award. 

Excerpt from Brent Kelley's book "Voices from the Negro Leagues: Conversations with 52 Baseball Standouts of the Period 1924-1960" (McFarland & Co., Inc., North Carolina, 1998). 

A few links to past newspaper articles that include Thomas Turner and web pages that connect him with the Negro Leagues.  Some of these links may be out of date.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

http://coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/turner.html

http://coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/reslib/photoplayer.html

Negro League Baseball Blog

http://blog.negroleaguebaseball.com/negro_league_blog/2005/07/thomas_high_poc.html

Civil Rights Game; Negro League Players React

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Civil-Rights-Game-Negro-League-Players-React/v

Civil Rights Game a Classic Already

http://news.cincinnati.com/fdcp/?1272924841904

The Lessons of Life: Negro Leagues Player Shares with Students

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NEWS01/802120332/1077/COL02

High Pockets to Celebrate 90^th Birthday

http://newsdemocrat.com/print.asp?ArticleID=120017&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2

Negro Leagues Timeline

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/07/04/spt_negro_leagues.html

Tom Turner: A third-deck homer and a look from a scout

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/07/04/turner.html

Baseball: A Little Known Chapter

http://www.wyxu.org/specials/baseball.asp