Ethel Boyce

{{Short description|Canadian baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name= Ethel Boyce

| image=Ethel Boyce.JPG

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| team= {{small|All-American Girls Professional Baseball League}}

| position= {{small|Catcher / First base / Outfield}}

| birth_date= {{Birth date|1917|06|27}}

| birth_place= Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date= {{Death date and age|1996|08|24|1917|06|27}}

| death_place= Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| bats= Right

| throws= Right

| teams=

• Kenosha Comets (1946)

|highlights=

• Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)
• Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Honorary Induction (1988)

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Ethel Phoebe Boyce (June 27, 1917 – August 24, 1996) was a Canadian ballplayer who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/ethel-boyce/288 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Ethel Boyce]; retrieved 2019-03-27.Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary (2005); {{ISBN|9780786422630}}

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Boyce was one of the 68 Canadians to join the AAGPBL in its twelve-year history. She appeared in five games for the Kenosha Comets in its 1946 season, and went hitless in three at-bats. An avid professional softball player in her country, Boyce was recognized for her interest in people, being particularly interested in young people and helping them to succeed in life.[https://softball.ca/awards/ethelboyce Ethel Boyce Achievement Award], Softball Canada website; retrieved 2019-03-27.

The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[http://baseballhall.org/discover/league-of-women-ballplayers Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website], baseballhall.org; accessed July 3, 2020.

Ethel Phoebe Boyce died in 1996, aged 79. In 1998, Boyce and all Canadian AAGPBL players gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.[http://www.baseballhalloffame.ca/ The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website], baseballhalloffame.ca; accessed July 3, 2020.

That same year, Boyce's sister, Mrs. Ruth A. Laing, created the Ethel Boyce Achievement Award through a donation in the memory of her sister. The award is administered by Softball Canada and is awarded annually, to a female and a male recipient.