Indian Head Rockets to be inducted into Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
Global News
Some 70 years later, the all-Black professional baseball team – the Indian Head Rockets – are being inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame this June.
Baseball holds some of the most notable history in sports and Saskatchewan was able to make its own mark on ending racial segregation with the Indian Head Rockets.
Now, the team is being inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.
In the 1950s, Indian Head, Sask., was home to two baseball tournaments that brought in 22 teams from around North America and offered large cash prizes for the winners.
Players from the United States even travelled to the town of around 1,300 for the event, and people from near and far would come to watch, so there would be around 30,000 spectators.
President of the Indian Head Museum, Robyn Jensen said the tournament was such a big hit that the town of Indian Head was not able to house every visitor, so they had to get creative.
“They brought in train cars as extra sleeping cots for people and garages would open up, so you know, spaces for people to sleep, and people would welcome visitors in their home … like it was just absolutely incredible,’ said Jensen.
The mayor at the time, Jimmy Robison, shared his love of baseball with the people of Indian Head and surrounding areas, so he decided to make his own home a team to root for.
The all-Black professional baseball team known as the Indian Head Rockets took to the field for the first time in 1951.
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