Charley Pride was traded to the Birmingham Black Barons for a bus
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
Former Negro League basbeall player and country music great Charley Pride waves to fans prior to the start of ESPN Classic s Vintage Live Birmingham Black Barons and the Bristol Barnstormers game at Rickwood Field in 2006. News staff photo Tamika Moore bnbn
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In 1999, Pride told former Birmingham News reporter Bill Plott about how he was traded to the Birmingham Black Barons in 1954 in exchange for a team bus. This is the article in its entirety:
If the story’s not quite true, it ought to be because so many people have heard it and believe it: Charley Pride and a teammate were traded to the Birmingham Black Barons for a team bus.