Our White Boy

Jerry Craft, Kathleen Sullivan

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Texas A & M University Press
31 May 2024

Biography: sport; History of the Americas; Local history; Baseball

Series: Sport in the American West

At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranchâ€“so the telephoned offer to play for a semipro baseball club he'd never heard of came as a welcome surprise. But Craft was in for an even bigger surprise when he reported for tryout and discovered he'd been recruited for the West Texas Colored League. Wichita Falls/Graham Stars manager Carl Sedberry persuaded Craft to put aside his misgivings and pitch for the Stars. Despite the derision of black teammates, fans, and opponents, and his own trepidation, ï¿½that white boyï¿½ took the mound to close a rousing victory in his first game. At home and on the road in segregated Texas, Craft saw discrimination firsthand and from every side. Yet out of his two seasons with the Stars comes an unlikely story of respect, character, humor, and ultimately friendship as the teammates pulled together to succeed in a game they loved.

By: Jerry Craft
With: Kathleen Sullivan
Imprint: Texas A & M University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 525g
ISBN: 9781682830321
ISBN 10: 1682830322
Series: Sport in the American West
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 31 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jerry Craft, rancher and former mayor of Jacksboro, Texas, was the first white man to play in the West Texas Colored League, during the summers of 1959 and 1960. A Pioneer in the national cable television industry, he operates ranches in Texas and New Mexico. He lives in Jacksboro, Texas. Kathleen Sullivan has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington and Southern Methodist University. A member of the Sport Literature Association and the Society for American Baseball Research, she is the author of Women Characters in Baseball Literature: A Critical Study. She lives in Arlington, Texas.

Reviews for Our White Boy

Jerry Craft has given us an engaging and finally touching book. It is a story of racial harmony in an era of racial distrust. I highly recommend it. -Larry McMurtry