Cecil Cole

Cecil Cole
Cecil Cole
	Pitcher
	Born: September 23, 1919; Connellsville, Pennsylvania
	Died: June 20, 2002 (aged 82); Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1946, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
	1946, for the 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]

References

"Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Cecil Cole". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Cecil Cole". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
Rich Bogovich. "Cecil Cole". sabr.org. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Cecil E. Cole". legacy.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"He was a man of magic and baseball". triblive.com. June 25, 2002. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
Cecil Cole biography from Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

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