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Floridian baseball team

The Tampa Rockets were a baseball team that played in the Florida State Negro League in the 1940s. Notable players that played for the Rockets include Walter Lee Gibbons and Raydell "Bo" Maddix. Both of them went on to play for the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League.

References

Kite-Powell, Rodney (27 March 2011). "Tampa's long baseball history included segregated teams". TBO.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
"Walter Gibbons". Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
"Raydell Maddix". Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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