Kilgore Gushers

The Kilgore Gushers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the East Texas League in 1931. The team was the first known professional team to be based in Kilgore, Texas.[1] It was managed by Turkey Gross.

Name originated from the gushing of oil that shoots out of tops of oil wells, also called a blowout[2]

References

  1. ^ BR Minors
  2. ^ 'All About Blowout', R. Westergaard, Norwegian Oil Review, 1987 ISBN 82-991533-0-1


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