This was the spot. Seventy-four years ago this week, a few strides from where some old friends converged the other day on East Ferry Street, Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals hurtled down the third base line at Offermann Stadium.
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At Offermann, Jackie Robinson wasn't the only one who zeroed in on home
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From left, Vernon Duncan, Gilbert Hargrave and Charlie Wilson reminisce about growing up in the neighborhood surrounding Offermann Stadium, before the ballpark was demolished in 1962; Wilson is holding a small replica of the old ballpark, which once stood on a site now occupied by Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.
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A June 1957 image of Offermann Stadium that captures proximity of the neighborhood around it: The Bisons left Buffalo a decade after leaving that ballpark.
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Luke Easter, as a Buffalo Bison.
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Friends from boyhood, from left, Gilbert Hargrave, Vernon Duncan, Charles Wilson and Lee Pettigrew on Masten Avenue, not far from Pettigrew's boyhood home - across the street from what once was Offermann Stadium.
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American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 28th August 1949.
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Jackie Robinson: Xavier Mann learned early about Robinson's solitary courage.
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From left, Vernon Duncan, Gilbert Hargrave and Charlie Wilson reminisce about growing up in the neighborhood surrounding Offermann Stadium, before the ballpark was demolished in 1962; Wilson is holding a small replica of the old ballpark, which once stood on a site now occupied by Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.
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