T. Y. Baird papers 1913-1992

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T. Y. Baird papers 1913-1992

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The T. Y. Baird paper are those of an owner of the Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball team. He also worked as a scout for Kansas City Athletics and owned and operated a bowling alley.

6.25 linear ft (9 boxes), 2 oversized boxes, 3 oversize folders

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Kansas City Monarchs (Baseball team)

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Baird, T. Y. (Thomas Younger), 1885?-1962.

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Thomas Younger Baird was born circa 1885 in Arkansas. After an injury while working at the Rock Island Railroad ended his own career as a semi-professional athlete in Kansas City, Kansas, Baird ran a billiard parlor and worked as a sports promoter. In 1919, with J.L. Wilkinson, Baird organized the Kansas City Monarchs; in 1947 Baird bought out Wilkinson to become the team's sole owner. Before becoming the Monarchs' sole owner, Baird also worked as booking agents for both that team a...