Marie Zeigler

{{Short description|American professional baseball player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|07|3}}

| birth_place = Belding, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|11|28|1937|07|3}}

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| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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| debutteam =Grand Rapids Chicks

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Marie Zeigler was the second-youngest player on the Grand Rapids Chicks of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1953.{{Cite book|last1=Heaphy|first1=Leslie A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDSCAAAAMAAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball|last2=May|first2=Mel Anthony|date=2006|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-2100-8|language=en}} She batted right and threw right, was born July 3, 1937 in Belding, Michigan and died November 28, 2014.{{Cite web|title=Marie Zeigler (|url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/marie-zeigler-little-zig/466|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.aagpbl.org|language=en}} She was elected to the National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|title=Marie Zeigler Obituary (2014) - The Arizona Republic|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/azcentral/173389476|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.legacy.com|language=en}} The movie A League of Their Own is based on her team.

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External sources

  • [https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/grand-rapids-chicks-team-photograph-1953-1 Image of the 1953 team including Zeigler]

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Category:1937 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:People from Belding, Michigan

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