Spencer Gettys | |
Position: | Catcher |
Birth Date: | June 8, 1916 |
Birth Place: | Rock Hill, South Carolina |
Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1936 |
Debutteam: | Bacharach Giants |
Finalyear: | 1936 |
Finalteam: | 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]