Renfroe, a sportscaster, broadcasting high school football and basketball games from Atlanta and Macon, GA; and college games from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee; a few tapes of interviews on radio talk shows discussing sports
Repository/Collector:
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History
Repository/Collector Type:
County and Municipality
City:
Atlanta
State:
Georgia
Country:
United States
Extent:
171 recordings
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Supporting documentation:
scrapbooks, photo albums, other ephemera related to Renfroe's career as a sports broadcaster
Historical relevance:
Othello "Chico" Renfroe (1923-1991), was an African American baseball player in the Negro Leagues (1945-1951), sports columnist for the Atlanta Daily World, and sportscaster for WERD and WIGO (Atlanta, Ga.)