{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Hickory Rebels | firstseason = 1935 | lastseason = 1960 | allyears = 1939–1942, 1945–1954, 1960 | city = Hickory, North Carolina | logo = | caplogo = | past class level = Class D | league = | conference = | division = | past league = Western Carolina League (1952, 1960)<br>Tar Heel League (1939-1940, 1953-1954)<br>North Carolina State League (1942, 1945–1951) | pastmajorleague = New York Giants (1945–1949) <br> Chicago Cubs (1952–1954) | pastnames = {{plainlist| *Hickory Rebels (1939–1940, 1942, 1945–1954, 1960)
}} | pastparks = Fairgrounds Park | classchamps = | leaguechamps = '''2''' (1954) | conferencechamps = | divisionchamps = }} The '''Hickory Rebels''' were a Class D minor league baseball team based in Hickory, North Carolina, that played from 1939–1940, 1940, 1945–1954, 1960. The Rebels were the predecessor of the current Hickory Crawdads in the South Atlantic League.
==History== The Rebels played in the Tar Heel League (1939–1940, 1953–1954), North Carolina State League (1942, 1945–1951) and Western Carolinas League (1952, 1960). They were affiliates of the New York Giants (1945–1949) and Chicago Cubs (1952–1954).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=Greensboro, North Carolina Encyclopedia|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> A former team of the same name had participated in the independent Carolina League between 1936 and 1938.<ref name="Utley">Utley, R.G., and Verner, Scott, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=59pOCW-1VeQC&q=independent+carolina+league The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936–1938]'', (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999) pp. 260-61</ref>
==The ballpark==
The Rebels played at Fairgrounds Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalballparks.com/SouthAtlantic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021006204714/http://www.digitalballparks.com/SouthAtlantic.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 6, 2002|title=South Atlantic League Baseball Stadiums Photos and Ballparks Pictures of the Single-A Minor League SALLY League Stadiums Photographs|website=www.digitalballparks.com|date=14 November 2024 }}</ref> Fairgrounds Park is now called Henkel-Alley Field and serves as home to American Legion baseball and the Catawba Valley Community College Red Hawks.
==Notable alumni==
* John Buzhardt (1954) * Red Corriden (1949) * Eddie Haas (1953) * Mickey O'Neil (1949)
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