Baumgartner, Mary Louise "Wimp" (Interview transcript and video), 2010

Description:

Mary Louise "Wimp" Baumgartner was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1930. She played in the AAGPBL from 1949 to 1954 as a catcher for Peoria and South Bend. She went to college in the off season, and after the league folded she became a teacher and coach for girls' athletic teams, and was actively involved in the promotion of girls' sports in Indiana.

Institution: Grand Valley State University Libraries

Collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Rights: In Copyright

Subject Topics:

Oral history,

Veterans History Project (U.S.),

Video recordings,

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--Personal narratives,

Baseball for women--United States,

Baseball,

Sports for women,

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American,

Baseball players--Illinois,

Baseball players--Indiana

Language: eng

URL: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29692

Type: moving image