Formation The Newark Eagles were formed in 1936 when the
Newark Dodgers, established in 1933, merged with the
Brooklyn Eagles, established in 1935.
Abe Manley and his wife
Effa Manley, owners and founders of the Brooklyn Eagles, purchased the Newark Dodgers franchise and combined the teams' assets and player rosters. Charles Tyler, the previous owner of the Dodgers, signed the team over in exchange for cancellation of an approximately $500 debt that Tyler owed Abe Manley. Team management was left to Effa, making the Eagles the third professional baseball team owned and operated by a woman. The first such team was the
St. Louis Cardinals, which was owned by
Helene Hathaway Britton from 1911 to 1917, and the second such team was the
Indianapolis ABCs who were owned by Olivia Taylor from 1922 to 1926. The Eagles shared
Ruppert Stadium with the minor league
Newark Bears.
Decline and demise After the close of the 1948 season, in the aftermath of
Jackie Robinson's successful
integration of
Major League Baseball a year earlier, the
Negro National League contracted and merged into the
Negro American League. The Eagles were sold and moved to
Houston, Texas for the 1949 season, == Negro World Series champions ==