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This picture came from Lance Richbourg Jr. via Charles East. Crestview were champions
of the Interstate League, a semi-pro circuit that featured teams in Alabama and Florida. League members in 1947 were Crestview, Andalusia, Milton, DeFuniak Springs, Opp, and Niceville. Leron Rice (1953 Fort Walton Beach, 1956 Crestview), Ralph Hendrix (1937 Andalusia, 1953 Fort Walton Beach), Pete Hamner (1947-48 Andalusia) and Neal Cobb (1948-49 Geneva, 1950 Dothan, 1953 Fort Walton Beach, 1954-55 Crestview,1956-57 Fort Walton Beach) all played for the Crestview team, Hamner in 1946 and the others on the 1947 pictured at the right. Lance Richbourg Sr, a former major leaguer, was the team owner. |
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Jim Leron Ralph Neal Lawson Soward Rice Hendrix Cobb |
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Joe Sommese
Bill McCorry Clint Richbourg Morris unknown Rogers |
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Clyde Barnhardt Garrett
McBryde Harry Moore Joe Smith Lance Richbourg |
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1947 Crestview
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