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unusual facts about 1948 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season


Barbara Barbaze

A fleet-footed outfielder and fast base runner, she joined the Springfield Sallies during the 1948 season.


1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season

The Racine Belles won the tournament and received a commemorative trophy from Esther Williams, American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.

1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 61st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Cavan were aiming for three consecutive All-Ireland football titles, having beaten Kerry at America's Polo Grounds in 1947 and beaten Mayo at Croke Park in 1948.

Annebelle Thompson

She also became one of the sixty original players recruited by the league for its inaugural season.

Betty Carveth

Betty Carveth Dunn is a former Canadian pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1945 season.

Ethel McCreary

She was also one of the original Kenosha Comets league's founding members in its 1943 inaugural season.

Marie Mahoney

Thanks to a recommendation by fellow AAGPBL catcher Mary Baker, Mahoney became one of two hundred players to attend the first AAGPBL spring training outside the United States, which was held in Cuba at Gran Stadium de La Habana before the 1947 season.

Mary Holda

A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Mary Holda was one of the original South Bend Blue Sox founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its 1943 inaugural season.


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