Filarski, Helen, “Filarski, Helen (Interview transcript and video), 2010,” Digital Collections, accessed April 12, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29709.
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Filarski, Helen (Interview transcript and video), 2010
Helen Filarski Steffes was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924. She grew up playing baseball with boys in the neighborhood. She met some of the players from the All American league who encouraged her to try out, and went on to play third base for Rockford, Peoria, Kenosha and South Bend between 1944 and 1950.