Kilgore Gushers

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The Kilgore Gushers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the East Texas League in 1931. The team was the first known professional team to be based in Kilgore, Texas.[1] It was managed by Turkey Gross.

Name originated from the gushing of oil that shoots out of tops of oil wells, also called a blowout[2]

The Lucas Gusher (1901)

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