Elkin Blanketeers

"[1][2] The Elkin Blanketeers began play as members of the Class D level Blue Ridge League in 1949.

[3] Harvey Laffoon, publisher of The Elkin Tribune newspaper, was a principal owner of the franchise.

[4] The 1949 Elkin Blanketeers ended their first Blue Ridge League season with a 62–65 record.

The minor league Blanketeers continued to play at Elkin Memorial Park and had 1949 season attendance of 33,000, an average of 520 per home game.

In the Finals, the Mount Airy Graniteers swept the Elkin Blanketeers in four games.

[7][13] The 1951 Landis Spinners/Elkin Blanketeers team finished the North Carolina State League regular season with an overall record of 67–59, placing 3rd in the eight–team league, finishing 23.0 games behind the champion High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms.

Elkin placed 4th in the North Carolina State Leagues, which had reduced to six teams.

In 1950, the ballpark hosted the wedding of Blanketeers player Shorty Brown, who married Jo Barnette at home plate.