All-Black North Valley Broncos who competed, and raised eyebrows, in ’65 Little League World Series are honored today.
In the 1950s four Pacoima dads, fed up with the town’s refusal to let their Black boys join the Little League, banded together to lease a vacant piece of land and form their own team: The North Valley Broncos.
Rodriguez, who represents City Council District 7, proudly unveiled the signage on Friday, Feb. 16 alongside two original members of the world series team, Anthony Davis and Ricky Chapron. USC Hall of Fame running back Anthony Davis speaks as Pacoima Historical Society Executive Board of Directors Lon Grandison, North Valley Broncos 1965 team member Ricky Chapron and Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez listen during a ceremony at the intersection of Dronfield Ave. and Osborne St. in Pacoima on Thursday, Feb 16, 2023.
Davis was a star baseball and football player at San Fernando High School and a Hall of Fame running back at USC. He was drafted to play football for the New York Jets and baseball for both the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles. He ultimately joined the Southern California Sun in the short-lived World Football League due to concerns over what the other teams would pay him.
Chapron is now a proud coach for the Pacoima Little League and trains kids at the very park he was not allowed to play on as a boy. The boys overcame great adversity to make it there, but still found themselves sleeping on the hard floor of the gymnasium while other teams slept in beds, Chapron said.
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