Harry Homer Boston, Sr. / Harold “Hal” King, Sr. - Florida Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Harry Homer Boston, Sr.
In the late 1940s Harry Homer Boston Sr., a black World War II army medic, settled in an area of Oviedo known as Clonts Quarters, today referred to as Boston Hill Park. He organized and coached the Black Hawks Baseball and Lady Black Hawks Softball teams, sponsored by the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church. Sunday afternoon games drew enthusiastic crowds who rooted for their team against opponents from as far away as Georgia. Boston built the baseball diamond with backstop and bleachers after C.R. Clonts, celery farmer and former president of Citizens Bank of Oviedo, donated land for the park. On May 21, 1994, the City of Oviedo dedicated the park to Harry Homer Boston in honor of his community leadership.

Harold "Hal" King, Sr.
Sunday afternoon Black Hawks baseball games at Boston Hill Park drew scouts from all over the country. In 1962 the Indianapolis Clowns, part of the now defunct Negro Baseball League, drafted Harold "Hal” King Sr., a player coached by Harry Homer Boston, Sr. In 1965, King signed as a free agent with the California Angels. He made his Major League debut at age 23 with the Houston Astros on September 6, 1967, beginning a seven-year professional baseball career playing with the Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, and Cincinnati Reds. As a catcher and pinch hitter. King earned his place in the lore of the "Big Red Machine” with his ninth-inning home run which launched the Reds' 1973 drive to overtake the Dodgers and win the division championship.

Marker Number: None Date: None County: Seminole Marker Type: City Sponsored or placed by: Seminole County Website: Not listed

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