Asa B. Bukroker

Historical marker location:

10734 Ohio Route 29, Rosewood, Ohio

( Marker is on Main Street (Ohio Route 29), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1930

Monument to a Veteran School Administrator. Classic Artifacts in Rural Champaign County.

The Cincinnati Reds, one of Ohio's two Major League Baseball teams (along with the Cleveland Indians), were the first professional baseball team to wear uniforms with numbers on them. They did so in 1911, to help fans identify players more easily.