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Monday, April 30th , 1956
Chicago Chiefs
: Released SP
Angel Lopez
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released LF
Joe Rutherford
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released 1B
Bob Coon
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released 1B
Tim Hopkins
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released 1B
Don Smith
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released LF
George Atkins
.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Released 1B
Wally Fuller
.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Released LF
Rusty Matthews
.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Released 1B
Nate Power
.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Released 2B
Reb McKiernan
.
Washington Eagles
: Released 1B
Ralph Hughes
.
Washington Eagles
: Released 2B
George Penza
.
Washington Eagles
: Released LF
Lou Dillard
.
New York Gothams
: Released 1B
Billy Clark
.
New York Gothams
: Released 2B
Vince Wilson
.
New York Gothams
: Released LF
Jack Kintner
.
New York Gothams
: Released LF
Phil Lee
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released SP
Roland Stewart
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released SP
Joe Quade
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released C
Glen Sexton
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released 1B
Happy Wright
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released 1B
Bob Pate
.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Released 3B
Dan Finch
.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Released C
Dan Scurlock
.
Boston Minutemen
: Released RF
Rudy Ellison
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released LF
Billy Brown
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released SP
Kirby Brewer
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released SP
Stan Paul
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released SP
Hubie Smith
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
Larry Smith
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released 1B
Bob Schmelz
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released LF
Tony Mullis
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released LF
Henry Norman
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released LF
Clyde Skinner
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released SP
Gordie Irwin
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released SP
Donnie Jones
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released LF
Jeff King
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released 2B
Parson Allen
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released C
Mark Smith
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released LF
Bill Sikorski
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released SP
Gene Walker
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released LF
Paul Porter
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released CF
Herbert Crawford Jr.
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Released SP
Gene Tracy
.
Montreal Saints
: Released SP
George Polk
.
Montreal Saints
: Released RF
Al Craig
.
Montreal Saints
: Released 3B
Harry Finney
.
Montreal Saints
: Released 3B
Leo Vega
.
Montreal Saints
: Released LF
Bob Allie
.
Montreal Saints
: Released LF
Tommy Aiken
.
Montreal Saints
: Released 1B
Andy Green
.
Montreal Saints
: Released 2B
Curt Brooks
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released C
Dan Atwood
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released LF
Robert Solomon
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released 1B
Willie Martin
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released C
Solly Skidmore
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released RF
Charlie Enslow
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released RF
Bill Absher
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released RF
Jack Adams
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released 2B
Jerry Keith
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released C
Frank Cress
.
Toronto Wolves
: Released LF
Hank Giordano
.
Toronto Wolves
: Released SP
Charlie Zimmerman
.
Toronto Wolves
: Released C
Harry Pomeroy
.
Toronto Wolves
: Released SS
Jim Sibert
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released RF
Wilbur Zimmerman
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Babe Stinson
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Hoppy Johnson
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released 2B
Gary Burgess
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Red More
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Charlie Griffith
.
Boston Minutemen
: Signed free agent SS
Ambrose Downs
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Ike Reed
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Gene Tracy
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent C
Frank Cress
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent C
Bob Weston
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent RP
Fred Green
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent RP
Gene Walker
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Ira Robinson
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent C
Leon Pennington
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Bill Neal
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Barney Phelps
to a minor league contract.
Sunday, April 29th , 1956
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released SP
Doc Buckingham
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Cy Hobbs
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Bill Sweet
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Claimed 1B
Otto Christian
off waivers from
Chicago
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Jim J Carter
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Larry Burk
to a minor league contract.
Saturday, April 28th , 1956
Boston Minutemen
: Signed free agent SS
John Miller
to a minor league contract.
Friday, April 27th , 1956
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Jim Backes
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Johnnie Fitzgerald
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Gordon Sheffield
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Jack Entringer
to a minor league contract.
Thursday, April 26th , 1956
St. Louis Pioneers
: Released SP
Harry Townsend
.
Montreal Saints
: Released LF
Andy Conklin
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Leo Savoie
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Scotty Alexander
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Johnny Ingle
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Joe Barnes
to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, April 25th , 1956
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent SP
Dan Gray
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Glenn Moor
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent SP
Alfie Barnes
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Dick Riley
to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, April 24th , 1956
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent SP
Noble Armstrong
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Art Tucker
to a minor league contract.
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent 3B
Milt Stevens
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Bill Brown
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent 2B
Tom Levitan
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Released 2B
Roger Woodward
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent 2B
Vern Donnelly
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released 2B
Hank Luckenbaugh
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Signed free agent 1B
Pat Heath
to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released 1B
Roger Kienle
.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent CF
Bob Hogue
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Released CF
Ben Kennedy
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent CF
Johnny Tennyson
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released CF
Bill Collins
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent C
John Clough
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released C
Leon Pennington
.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent 1B
Bob Brooks
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Released 1B
Al Harper
.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent RP
George Griffin
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Herb Salyers
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Ray Wentz
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released SP
Donnie Whitney
.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent 3B
Jim Jacks
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Released 3B
Tom Gray
.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent CF
Ralph Cray
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Released CF
Vito Harrell
.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent SP
George McCall
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Released SP
Doc Woodward
.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent LF
Fred Rowe
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Released LF
Ray Johnson
.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Signed free agent SP
Hal West
to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Released SP
Gus Gall
.
Toronto Wolves
: Signed free agent C
Joe Thomas
to a minor league contract.
Toronto Wolves
: Released C
Bob Weston
.
Toronto Wolves
: Signed free agent 2B
Glen McCauley
to a minor league contract.
Toronto Wolves
: Released 2B
Dave Piper
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent 3B
Johnny Carter
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released 3B
Dusty Rollins
.
Monday, April 23rd , 1956
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent SP
Tom Hartman
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Joe Perkins
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent RF
Jim Waters
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Ben Mercure
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Chuck Wiggins
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Lyle Payne
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Ralph Santoyo
to a minor league contract.
Sunday, April 22nd , 1956
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
John Cochran
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Steve Keller
to a minor league contract.
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent RP
Nino Marini
to a minor league contract.
Saturday, April 21st , 1956
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Ira Jonas
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Ernie Huber
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent RF
Joe Curtis
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Don Hunt
to a minor league contract.
Friday, April 20th , 1956
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent SP
Ed Wingerter
to a minor league contract.
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent RP
Luke Wright
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent SP
Johnny Sanderson
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Leo English
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Harry Linker
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent SP
Eddie Reynolds
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent SP
Lefty Jones
to a minor league contract.
Thursday, April 19th , 1956
New York Gothams
: Released RP
Ike Reed
.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent RP
Jerry Walker
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
Johnnie Love
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent RF
Johnny McMillan
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent SP
Dave Berg
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent RF
Elbie White
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released RP
Van Hertig
.
Wednesday, April 18th , 1956
Toronto Wolves
: Released 3B
Milt Stevens
.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent RP
Wally Maloney
to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Signed free agent RP
Billy D'Amelio
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent RP
Earle Daly
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Chiefs
: Signed free agent SP
Tom Gholson
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Ben Clough
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent SP
Dick Rutledge
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Sam Drummond
to a minor league contract.
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent SP
Norman Hampden
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
John Berry
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Pete Williams
to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen
: Signed free agent SP
Chet Jones
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent SP
Carl G. Williams
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent SP
Chet Williams
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent RP
Whitey Austin
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent RP
Walt Sell
to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, April 17th , 1956
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Lynn Allen
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Cliff Harmon
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Bill Shepherd
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
George Chambers
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent SP
Tony Miller
to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen
: Signed free agent SP
Rick Dixon
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent RP
Alan Steeves
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Leo Savoie
.
Cleveland Foresters
: Signed free agent RP
Don Smith
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SS
Al Smith
to a minor league contract.
Monday, April 16th , 1956
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
Herman Snyder
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Hubie Smith
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
Jack Entringer
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Eddie Reynolds
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent C
Frank Cress
to a minor league contract.
The
Pittsburgh Miners
traded 29-year old 2B
Gary Burgess
and 18-year old minor league RHP
Marv Rafalko
to the
Cincinnati Cannons
, getting 29-year old 1B
Happy Wright
in return.
Boston Minutemen
: RF
Rudy Ellison
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Boston Minutemen
: Released SP
Frank Welsh
.
Boston Minutemen
: Released SS
John Miller
.
Chicago Chiefs
: SP
Angel Lopez
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs
: 1B
Bob Coon
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs
: 1B
Tim Hopkins
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs
: 1B
Don Smith
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs
: LF
George Atkins
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs
: LF
Joe Rutherford
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RP
Bob Moore
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released 3B
Johnny Carter
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RP
Dale Thornton
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RP
Larry Burk
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RP
Jim J Carter
.
Chicago Cougars
: SP
Gordie Irwin
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Cougars
: SP
Donnie Jones
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Cougars
: LF
Jeff King
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Cougars
: LF
Clyde Skinner
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Cougars
: LF
Henry Norman
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Cougars
: 3B
Otto Christian
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Cougars
: Released SP
Noble Armstrong
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released SP
Johnnie Fitzgerald
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released RP
Pat Summers
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: SP
Red More
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cincinnati Cannons
: SP
Babe Stinson
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cincinnati Cannons
: SP
Charlie Griffith
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cincinnati Cannons
: SP
Hoppy Johnson
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cincinnati Cannons
: 1B
Denny Andrews
becomes a free-agent.
Cincinnati Cannons
: RF
Wilbur Zimmerman
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Scotty Alexander
.
Cleveland Foresters
: SP
Gene Walker
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cleveland Foresters
: SP
Gene Tracy
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cleveland Foresters
: C
Mark Smith
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
The
Cleveland Foresters
traded 33-year old 1B
Lorenzo Samuels
to the
Pittsburgh Miners
, getting 28-year old LF
Dick Steel
in return.
Cleveland Foresters
: Placed LF
Dick Steel
on the secondary (40-man) roster.
Cleveland Foresters
: Placed LF
Dick Steel
on the active roster.
Cleveland Foresters
: LF
Bill Sikorski
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cleveland Foresters
: LF
Paul Porter
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Cleveland Foresters
: CF
Herbert Crawford Jr.
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Placed 1B
Lorenzo Samuels
on the secondary (40-man) roster.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Placed 1B
Lorenzo Samuels
on the active roster.
Pittsburgh Miners
: SP
Roland Stewart
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Pittsburgh Miners
: SP
Joe Quade
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Pittsburgh Miners
: C
Glen Sexton
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Pittsburgh Miners
: 1B
Bob Pate
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Detroit Dynamos
: SP
Kirby Brewer
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Detroit Dynamos
: SP
Stan Paul
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Detroit Dynamos
: C
Rick York
becomes a free-agent.
Detroit Dynamos
: LF
Billy Brown
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released RP
Johnny Thornton
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released RP
Byron Bell
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released RP
Slim Stockton
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released SP
Leo English
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Released RP
Bill Lyman
.
Kansas City Kings
: SP
Larry Smith
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Kansas City Kings
: 1B
Bob Schmelz
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Kansas City Kings
: LF
Tony Mullis
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Los Angeles Stars
: C
Dan Atwood
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Los Angeles Stars
: LF
Robert Solomon
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: SP
George Polk
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: RF
Al Craig
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: LF
Bob Allie
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: LF
Tommy Aiken
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: 1B
Andy Green
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: 2B
Curt Brooks
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: 3B
Harry Finney
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: 3B
Leo Vega
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Montreal Saints
: Released SP
Tom Hartman
.
Montreal Saints
: Released CL
Joe Holt
.
Montreal Saints
: Released RP
Walt Sell
.
New York Gothams
: 1B
Billy Clark
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
New York Gothams
: 2B
Vince Wilson
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
New York Gothams
: LF
Jack Kintner
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
New York Gothams
: LF
Phil Lee
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Philadelphia Keystones
: 1B
Wally Fuller
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Philadelphia Keystones
: 1B
Nate Power
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Philadelphia Keystones
: LF
Rusty Matthews
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
The
Philadelphia Keystones
traded 23-year old 2B
Parson Allen
to the
Cleveland Foresters
, getting 27-year old 1B
Lloyd Coulter
, 23-year old minor league 3B
Al Dyer
, and $46,400 in cash in return.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Placed 3B
Lloyd Coulter
on the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Placed 3B
Lloyd Coulter
on the active roster.
Philadelphia Keystones
: 2B
Reb McKiernan
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: C
Solly Skidmore
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: 1B
Willie Martin
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: 2B
Jerry Keith
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: RF
Charlie Enslow
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: RF
Jack Adams
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: RF
Bill Absher
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released CF
Johnny Morrison
.
San Francisco Sailors
: Released CF
Pep Brown
.
St. Louis Pioneers
: C
Dan Scurlock
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
St. Louis Pioneers
: 3B
Dan Finch
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Toronto Wolves
: SP
Charlie Zimmerman
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Toronto Wolves
: LF
Hank Giordano
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Toronto Wolves
: C
Harry Pomeroy
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Toronto Wolves
: SS
Jim Sibert
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Washington Eagles
: LF
Lou Dillard
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Washington Eagles
: 1B
Ralph Hughes
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Washington Eagles
: 2B
George Penza
was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Sunday, April 15th , 1956
Pittsburgh Miners
: Signed free agent SP
Doc Buckingham
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
Eddie Lewis
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Released C
Frank Cress
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released CL
Whitey Austin
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
Bill Sweet
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Norman Hampden
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Ira Jonas
.
Saturday, April 14th , 1956
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent RP
Jack Horton
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Mickey Johnson
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released CL
Chet Williams
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Carl G. Williams
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Ben Mercure
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
John Berry
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
Don Hunt
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Pete Williams
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released CL
Alfie Barnes
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
Lefty Jones
.
Friday, April 13th , 1956
Boston Minutemen
: Released RP
Don Smith
.
Boston Minutemen
: Released 3B
Randy Stout
.
Thursday, April 12th , 1956
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Harry Townsend
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent LF
Andy Conklin
to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Jack Armstrong
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
Frank Myers
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent SP
Bob Hobbs
to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, April 11th , 1956
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent RP
Scotty Gray
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Frank Wilson
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Dewey Carpenter
to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen
: Released SP
Dave Berg
.
Boston Minutemen
: Released RP
Ben Clough
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released CF
Dick Poplaski
.
Tuesday, April 10th , 1956
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Art Curley
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent LF
Frank Falco
to a minor league contract.
Monday, April 9th , 1956
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Mike Petras
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent SP
Frankie Hays
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Jerry Reed
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent RP
Jack Bare
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent RP
Walt Sell
to a minor league contract.
Sunday, April 8th , 1956
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent RP
Johnny Clark
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Bernie Murphy
to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors
: Signed free agent RP
Nate Wine
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
Russ Snyder
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent SP
Billy Stevens
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent RP
Buzz Turner
to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Keystones
: Released C
Hank Greene
.
Saturday, April 7th , 1956
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent RP
King Rosten
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Slim Stockton
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent RP
Dale Mackey
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Signed free agent SP
Gus Keahey
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Lee Johnson
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Signed free agent RP
Reuben Johnson
to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles
: Released SS
Ambrose Downs
.
Friday, April 6th , 1956
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Steve Davis
to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent SP
Roy Gray
to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Signed free agent SP
Ike Testerman
to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Kings
: Signed free agent SP
Emmett Sheffield
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
John DePietro
to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints
: Released 1B
Danny Wills
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released SP
Cliff Harmon
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RF
Nick Funk
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Hubie Smith
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Joe Perkins
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Sam Drummond
.
Thursday, April 5th , 1956
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Lou LaPierre
to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams
: Signed free agent RP
Ike Reed
to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Signed free agent SP
Tom Gearhart
to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen
: Released SS
Gary Trader
.
Boston Minutemen
: Released SP
Tom Gholson
.
Boston Minutemen
: Released RP
Mickey Johnson
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RP
Paul Taylor
.
Wednesday, April 4th , 1956
Chicago Cougars
: Signed free agent SP
Al LaRose
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SS
John Wilkinson
to a minor league contract.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released 1B
Ernie Hall
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RP
Nick Tomlinson
.
Chicago Cougars
: Released LF
Frank Falco
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Chet Jones
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released RP
Rick Dixon
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released CL
Alan Steeves
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released SP
Tony Miller
.
Cincinnati Cannons
: Released RP
Dick Rutledge
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Walt Sell
.
Toronto Wolves
: Signed free agent 3B
Milt Stevens
to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, April 3rd , 1956
Los Angeles Stars
: Signed free agent RP
Al Smith
to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers
: Signed free agent SP
Floyd Van Hoven
to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Signed free agent SP
Cy Smith
to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh Miners
: Signed free agent SP
Wally Eversole
to a minor league contract.
Monday, April 2nd , 1956
Chicago Chiefs
: Released RF
Dutch Hamilton
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released SP
Dewey Carpenter
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Emmett Sheffield
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Buzz Turner
.
Los Angeles Stars
: Released RP
Art Curley
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released RP
Jerry Reed
.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Johnny Thornton
to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos
: Signed free agent SP
Byron Bell
to a minor league contract.
Sunday, April 1st , 1956
Chicago Chiefs
: Released SP
Johnny Thornton
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released CL
Pat Thompson
.
Chicago Chiefs
: Released SS
Al Smith
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
Frank Wilson
.
Kansas City Kings
: Released SP
John DePietro
.
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