Manley “Bob” Robert Hall, age 95, of Steger, IL, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, two days before his 96th birthday. Beloved husband of the late Marjorie Hall for 54 years. Loving father of ...
Effa Manley was a trailblazing baseball executive for the Negro League’s Newark Eagles. Manley, a civil rights activist, is the only woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. After high school, ...
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY is full of great players whose names roll off your tongue. Ruth, Cobb, Aaron, Mays, Koufax, Gibson. Then there are those left out due to some form of ...
As of August 2025, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has inducted only a single female member, Newark Eagles co-owner and executive Effa Manley. As Manley's induction came nearly 20 years ago and her ...
As of August 2025, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has inducted only a single female member, Newark Eagles co-owner and executive Effa Manley. As Manley's induction came nearly 20 years ago and her ...
Effa Manley was the co-owner of the Negro League baseball team the Newark Eagles during the 1930s and '40s. Monday, she became the first woman ever elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. She ...
Effa Manley became the first woman elected to the baseball Hall of Fame when the former Newark Eagles executive was among 17 people from the Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues chosen yesterday by a ...