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1955 Little League World Series
Children's baseball tournament
Children's baseball tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| dates | August 23–August 26 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| champion_other | Pennsylvania Morrisville Little League |
| Morrisville, Pennsylvania | |
| second_other | New Jersey Delaware Township Little League |
| Delaware Township, New Jersey | |
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Morrisville, Pennsylvania Delaware Township, New Jersey
The 1955 Little League World Series was held from August 23 to August 26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Morrisville Little League of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, defeated Delaware Township Little League of Delaware Township, New Jersey, in the championship game of the 9th Little League World Series.
This was the first time that the Little League World Series title was won with a walk-off home run, hit by Rich Cominski in the bottom of the 7th inning.
An all-black team from Charleston, South Carolina, which had won its state and regional tournaments by forfeit when their all-white opponents refused to play against them, was ruled ineligible to play in the tournament but invited by Little League to attend the event as guests.
Teams
| Region 8 | California San Diego, California |
|---|
Delaware Township was renamed Cherry Hill in November 1961
Championship bracket
|August 23 |Massachusetts Massachusetts|8|Michigan Michigan|5 |August 23 |Pennsylvania Pennsylvania|4|New York New York|3 |August 24 |New Jersey New Jersey|4|Louisiana Louisiana|2 |August 24 |Alabama Alabama|4|California California|1 |August 25 (F/8)|Massachusetts Massachusetts|0|Pennsylvania Pennsylvania|3 |August 25 |New Jersey New Jersey|6|Alabama Alabama|4 |August 26 (F/7)|Pennsylvania Pennsylvania |4|New Jersey New Jersey|3 |August 26 (F/7)|Massachusetts Massachusetts|0|Alabama Alabama|1
| 1955 Little League World Series Champions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg | 88px | border | Pennsylvania]] | |
| **Morrisville Little League** | ||||
| **Morrisville, Pennsylvania** |
Notable players
- Billy Hunter of Delaware Township went on to play in the National Football League, and later served as executive director of the National Basketball Players Association; he was inducted to the Little League Hall of Excellence in 2000.
- Dick Hart of Morrisville played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills.
References
References
- (August 23, 1955). "Eight Finalists Open Little League Series". The News-Herald.
- Lundquist, Carl. (August 27, 1955). "Morrisville Tops Del. Twp. For Little League Title, 4-3". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
- (16 August 2022). "An all-Black Little League team made history without playing a game". [[The Washington Post]].
- "Hall of Excellence".
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