Cecil Cole Explained

Cecil Cole
Position:	Pitcher
Birth Date:	September 23, 1919
Birth Place:	Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Death Place:	Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutleague:	Negro league baseball
Debutyear:	1946
Debutteam:	Newark Eagles
Finalyear:	1946
Finalteam:	Newark Eagles
Teams:	Newark Eagles (1946)

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]}

External links

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• Cecil Cole biography from Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII . baseballinwartime.com . October 7, 2020.
2. Web site: Cecil Cole . seamheads.com . October 7, 2020.
3. Web site: Cecil Cole . baseball-reference.com . October 7, 2020.
4. Web site: Rich Bogovich . Cecil Cole . sabr.org . October 7, 2020.
5. Web site: Cecil E. Cole . legacy.com . October 7, 2020.
6. Web site: He was a man of magic and baseball . triblive.com . June 25, 2002 . October 7, 2020.