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The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1905 by John Wilson Connor (1875–1926), [ 2 ] [ Note 1 ] owner of the Brooklyn Royal Cafe, the team initially played against white semi-pro teams. [ 3 ]
It began when the Giants and Brooklyn Bridegrooms (later known as the Dodgers) faced each other in the 1889 World Series, the ancestor of the Subway Series, and both played in separate, neighboring cities (New York and Brooklyn were separate cities until 1898, when they became neighboring boroughs of the newly expanded New York City).
The team has also been referred to as the Brooklyn Giants and Brickley's Brooklyn Giants. The Brickley's Giants were the first of 17 professional football teams to represent New York City at one time or another. The team was founded in 1919 by Charles Brickley, who received All-American honors while at Harvard.
This list of Brooklyn Royal Giants seasons compiles games played by the Brooklyn Royal Giants.Seasons in which the Royal Giants were league members (or an associate team), only games that counted in official league standings are included.
The following is the list of players on the Brooklyn Royal Giants all-time roster. These are Brooklyn Royal Giants players who appeared in at least one game for the Royal Giants from 1905 to 1942. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games (and the affected players), while some games and players may be lost forever.
The games were played on October 1, 2, and 3, 1951, between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. It was necessary after both teams finished the season with identical win–loss records of 96–58.
The New York Giants are sticking with general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll. Team president and co-owner John Mara announced Monday that he and co-owner Steve Tisch decided to move ...
The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1889 World Series, 6 games to 3. On October 17, the two clubs owners, John B. Day of the New York club and Charles H. Byrne of the Brooklyn club, met to arrange a post-season series.