Dayton Marcos

Chartered in 1920 as one of eight Negro League baseball teams, the Dayton Marcos played their first game at Westwood Field on Western Avenue (now James H. McGee Blvd), on June 12, 1920 against the Chicago Giants.

Reportedly, one of the best-known players on the team was Bill Sloan – a hero of the 1913 Dayton flood. Mr. Sloan was part of the flood rescue effort. He worked tirelessly on the West Side for 68 hours straight, enabling him to save 317 people from the flood damaged city.  Another team member who played short stop for the Dayton Marcos was Curtis “Bingo” Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd worked with Mrs. Miley O. Williamson, of the Dayton NAACP, to desegregate city golf courses.

Inducted: 2011