Norm Derringer
{{short description|American softball player and manager}}
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| team = All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
| position = Manager
| birth_date= February 4, 1914
| birth_place= Racine, Wisconsin
| death_date= {{death date and age|1997|10|5|1914|2|4}}
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- Racine Belles ({{by|1950}})
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Norman "Nummy" W. Dieringer, surname more commonly spelled Derringer (February 4, 1914 – October 5, 1997), was a softball player and a baseball manager.Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|0-7864-2100-2}}
Career
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Derringer played on ten state championship softball teams from 1934 through 1946. A seven-time All-Star shortstop between 1934 and 1942, he was named Most Valuable Player in the 1934 ASA National Tournament while playing for the Ke-Nash-A's team.{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsin-asa.org/pdf/WASA%20Hall%20of%20Fame.pdf |title= History of the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame}}
As a member of Racine, Derringer helped his team to clinch the 1948 championship title of the National Fast Pitch League. He also was chosen All-Star shortstop of the league in 1948 and 1949.
Derringer joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1950, scouting for the league and managing the Racine Belles in their final year of existence.{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm |title= All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History}}[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=60 1950 Racine Belles]
Legacy
In 1986, Derringer was inducted in the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame. He is also part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York. This exhibition was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire AAGPBL rather than individual baseball personalities.
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Category:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League managers
Category:Male softball players