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4 unusual facts about Patricia Courtney


Patricia Courtney

Both teams played exhibition games against each other as they travelled primarily through the eastern half of the United States, while including matches at Yankee Stadium in New York City, Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, and Delorimier Stadium in Montreal.

Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pat Courtney graduated from Everett High School, where she excelled in sports.

She spent one month with Grand Rapids, and was transferred to the Chicago Colleens for more training.

She then was hired as an accountant by the Internal Revenue Service, spending a thirty-year-plus career with the IRS after becoming one of the first women to break into the ranks of the then all male bastion of revenue agent.



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