Newport, AR
Newport is located in northern Arkansas, on the White River, 20 miles southeast of Batesville, AR and 25 miles southwest of Jonesboro, AR.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Newport Pearl Diggers, Arkansas State League (1908)
- Newport-Batesville Pearl Diggers, Northeast Arkansas League (1909)
- Newport Pearl Diggers, Northeast Arkansas League (1909)
- Newport Cardinals, Northeast Arkansas League (1936-1938)
- Newport Tigers, Northeast Arkansas League (1939)
- Newport Dodgers, Northeast Arkansas League (1940-1941)
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Ashton Goudeau, pitcher
Persons who died here[edit]
- Oran Dodd, minor league outfielder
- Skeeter Kell, infielder
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