Bismarck Churchills NBC Champions Tee

The Bismarck Churchills won the very first NBC World Series in 1935. The integrated team from North Dakota was managed by Neil Churchill, who teamed up with Abe Saperstein, the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters and personal friend of Churchill, to attract Negro League legend Satchel Paige along with three other Negro League players to his team in 1933.