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Kenneth R. Fenster

Atlanta Braves
After spending seventy-seven years in Boston, Massachusetts, and thirteen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the...

Atlanta?Fulton County Stadium
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (known as Atlanta Stadium from 1966 to 1975) lured major league...

Bob Montag (1923-2005)
The slugging outfielder Bob Montag was the most popular player for the Atlanta Crackers in the 1950s....

Cecil Travis (1913-2006)
Cecil Travis, who played his entire twelve-year major league career with the Washington Senators, excelled...

Chuck Tanner (b. 1929)
Chuck Tanner, a native of New Castle, Pennsylvania, had two different baseball careers in Atlanta in...

Nap Rucker (1884-1970)
Largely forgotten today, Nap Rucker was one of the premier left-handed baseball pitchers in the major...

Pearl Sandow (1902-2006)
Pearl Sandow, a native of Canton, was Georgia's most devoted baseball fan and one of the most dedicated...

Spud Chandler (1907-1990)
Georgia native "Spud" Chandler was one of the best pitchers in the American League from 1937 to 1947,...

Whitlow Wyatt (1907-1999)
John Whitlow Wyatt, a native of Kensington, in Walker County, was one of the best pitchers in the National...

Brian C. Ferguson-Avery

Coleman Barks (b. 1937)
Coleman Barks, a poet and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, has gained...

Philip Lee Williams (b. 1950)
Philip Lee Williams is an award-winning and prolific writer who has spent his entire life in Georgia....

Abbott L. Ferriss

Children in Poverty in Georgia
The 2000 U.S. census found that, in Georgia, 354,633 related children under the age of eighteen were...

David Fillingim

Country Music: Overview
Country music has played a large role in the culture of Georgia, as it has in all southern states, and...

Cameron Fincher

University System of Georgia
The University System of Georgia is a remarkable array of institutions, programs, activities, and personnel....

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