Stanley Glenn
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| name = Stan Glenn
| image = Stanley Glenn Baseball.jpg
| position = Catcher
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|9|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Wachapreague, Virginia, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|4|16|1926|9|19|mf=y}}
| death_place = Yeadon, Pennsylvania, United States
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| debutleague = Negro leagues
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| debutyear = {{by|1944}}
| debutteam = Philadelphia Stars
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| finalyear = {{by|1953}}
| finalteam = Lincoln Chiefs
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Stanley "Doc" Glenn (September 19, 1926 – April 16, 2011) was a baseball catcher with the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro leagues from 1944 to 1950. He also played three years in the minors and two in the Canadian senior Intercounty Baseball League in southwestern Ontario for the St. Thomas Elgins in the early 1950s.
After his retirement from baseball, Glenn spent 40 years in the wholesale electric supply business. In 2006, Glenn released his first published book entitled, Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away: An inside look at Negro League baseball and its legacy.
Glenn was born in Wachapreague, Virginia, and was signed by hall-of-famer Oscar Charleston out of John Bartram High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Honors
In February 1994, Stanley Glenn and several other players from the Negro leagues were honored by Vice-President Al Gore at the White House. {{Cite web |url=http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/WhiteHouseVisit1994gif.html |title=See pictures of the event here |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506224725/http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/WhiteHouseVisit1994gif.html |archive-date=May 6, 2006 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=mdy-all }}
In 2004, Glenn was inducted into the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame in Maryland.
NLBPA President and Advocacy
Stanley (Doc) Glenn retired in Philadelphia and was active as president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Players Association's Board of Directors.
Glenn died on April 16, 2011, in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|title=Local Negro Leaguer, Stanley 'Doc' Glenn, dies|author=Donald Hunt|url=http://www.phillytrib.com/tribune/baseballheadlines/18794-local-negro-leaguer-stanley-doc-glenn-dies.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009110800/http://www.phillytrib.com/tribune/baseballheadlines/18794-local-negro-leaguer-stanley-doc-glenn-dies.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-10-09|newspaper=Philadelphia Tribune|date=2011-04-19|access-date=2011-05-26}} He is interred at Ferwood Cemetery in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
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References
- {{cite book |title=Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away: An inside look at Negro League baseball and its legacy |last=Glenn |first=Stanley |year=2006 |publisher=iUniverse, Inc. |isbn=0-595-67777-0 }}
External links
{{Baseballstats|br=g/glennst01|brm=glenn-001sta}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=glenn01sta Seamheads]
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/4aug2004.html |title=2004 interview with Stanley (Doc) Glenn |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041022080749/http://www.nlbpa.com/4aug2004.html |archive-date=October 22, 2004 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2006/0802/Sports/073.html |title=Former Negro League stars keeping history alive by Tim Morris, August 2, 2006 |access-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623152501/http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2006/0802/Sports/073.html |archive-date=June 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/30oct2004.html |title=Stanley Glenn inducted into the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame in Maryland |access-date=September 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060326143453/http://www.nlbpa.com/30oct2004.html |archive-date=March 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
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Category:People from Accomack County, Virginia
Category:Philadelphia Stars players
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen