Spencer Gettys
Spencer Gettys | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Rock Hill, South Carolina | June 8, 1916|
Died: November 18, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 88)|
Negro league baseball debut | |
1936, for the Bacharach Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1936, for the Bacharach Giants | |
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Spencer Lee Gettys (June 8, 1916 – November 18, 2004) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s.
A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Gettys attended Radnor High School where he was a star football player, and went on to attend Delaware State University. He played for the Bacharach Giants in 1936. After a longtime career as a stonemason, Gettys resumed his formal education, receiving degrees from Temple University and Antioch University. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2004 at age 88.[1][2][3]
References[]
- ^ "Spencer Gettys". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Spencer Gettys". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ Kristin E. Holmes (November 24, 2004). "Obituary for Spencer Gettys". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
External links[]
- Baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 2004 deaths
- Bacharach Giants players
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American people
- Negro league baseball biography stubs