Dearfield, Norma (Interview transcript and video), 2010

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Norma Dearfield was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1928. She talked her parents into giving her a baseball glove for Christmas when she was twelve, and played on local girls' teams while in high school. She saw an ad in the newspaper for tryouts for the All Americans in the spring of 1949, and played all that summer for the Chicago Colleens on their barnstorming tour. She played second base, batted second and stole a lot of bases. An eye injury at the end of the season ended her professional career, but she later coached girls' softball teams in her home town.

2010-08-05

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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