Yeadon in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Hilldale Athletic Club

(The Darby Daisies)

Photographed By Don Morfe, March 10, 2015

1. The Hilldale Athletic Club Marker

Inscription. This baseball team, whose home was here at Hilldale Park, won the Eastern Colored League championship three times and the 1925 Negro League World Series. Darby fielded Negro League teams from 1910 to 1932. Notable players included baseball hall of fame members Pop Lloyd, Judy Johnson, Martin Dihigo, Joe Williams, Oscar Charleston, Ben Taylor, Biz Mackey, and Louis Santop. Owner Ed Bolden helped form the Eastern Colored League.

Erected 2006 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Sports. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 39° 55.502′ N, 75° 15.39′ W. Marker is in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. Marker is on McDade Blvd (US 13). Opposite Holy Cross Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lansdowne PA 19050, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Printz's (Old Swedes) Mill (approx. ¾ mile away); In Memoriam (approx. 0.9 miles away); Tatiana Proskouriakoff (approx. 0.9 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.2

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miles away); All U.S. War Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Henry Albertson Subdivision Historic District (approx. 1.6 miles away); Lansdowne World War Monument (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Slinky Toy (approx. 2.2 miles away).

Photographed By Don Morfe, March 10, 2015

2. The Hilldale Athletic Club Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 582 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.