Location: Chicago, Illinois Manager: Dick Hudson Established: 1930 Type: Barnstorming
With financial backing by the Club Store, a Black-run community cooperative shop located at East 47th and Wabash Avenue in Bronzeville, the Co-Eds featured an all-star lineup that included 6-foot 7-inch center Helen “Streamline” Smith and played their home games at the South Side’s renowned Eighth Regiment Armory. Co-Eds center Helen Smith standing next to a teammate in a photograph used by newspapers to promote their barnstorming tours.
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