Cecil Cole | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 23, 1919 Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
June 20, 2002 (aged 82) Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
Cecil Edward Cole (September 23, 1919 – June 20, 2002) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.
A native of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Cole graduated from Connellsville High School in 1937, and served in the US Army during World War II.[1] He played for the Newark Eagles during their 1946 Negro World Series championship season.[2][3][4] Cole went on to become a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 35 years. He died in Connellsville in 2002 at age 82.[5][6]
References[]
- ↑ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. https://www.baseballinwartime.com/negro.htm. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Cecil Cole". seamheads.com. https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=cole-01cec. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Cecil Cole". baseball-reference.com. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cole--000cec. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ Rich Bogovich. "Cecil Cole". sabr.org. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cecil-cole/. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Cecil E. Cole". legacy.com. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=cecil-e-cole&pid=375812. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ "He was a man of magic and baseball". triblive.com. June 25, 2002. https://archive.triblive.com/news/he-was-a-man-of-magic-and-baseball/. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference and Seamheads
- Cecil Cole biography from Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
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