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for Kolski, Alice, 1922-2011
Biography"Female ballplayer. She did not play in the All-American League; in fact, she played softball rather than baseball. Nevertheless, she was one of the most significant figures in the ball playing scene of the 1940s and ’50s. The movie A League of Their Own popularized the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, but what is not widely known is that when it was flourishing there was a parallel league in Chicago, the National Girls Baseball League. Many women moved back and forth between the two leagues. If one were to pick the player who epitomized the National League, it would have to be Alice Kolski."--sabr.org
