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Esther Johnson

Esther Johnson

Esther Johnson

Esther Johnson

Esther Johnson

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  • Hometown: Georgetown, SC (US)
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  • Born: November 6, 1921
  • Died: January 6, 1978

Esther JohnsonHistory

Team Position Uniform #
1946 South Bend Blue Sox Pitcher 19

This player has not been located, so the only information we have for her is what's available in her obituary. If you or someone you know, has more information regarding this player, please contact us.   

We do know that Esther Johnson served two years in the army air corps before joining the AAGPBL in 1946, and that she was the niece of Flint Rehm, former star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.




Author: South Bend Tribune, 4/19/1946, p. 12, and 5/15/1946 p. 18.

Contributed By: Merrie Fidler

Copyright: South Bend Tribune

Miss Esther DuRant Johnson, 56, died Suddenly Friday (January  6, 1978) at Pawleys Island, SC, after an apparent heart attack.

Funeral services were held Sunday (Jan. 8, 1978) at 2 p.m. in All Saints, Waccamaw, Episcopal Church. Officiating was the Rev. Randolph C. Charles Jr.  Burial followed in the churchyard under the direction of the Mayer Funeral Home.

Miss Johnson was born at Rhems on Nov. 6, 1921, a daughter of Mrs. Laura Rhem Johnson Barnes and the late Benjamin Lamar Johnson. She had lived at Pawleys Island for a number of years where she was a communicant of All Saints, Waccamaw, Episcopal Church. Miss Johnson had farmed and operated a hunting lodge and more recently a fishing pier. Presently, she was owner-manager of the “By the Sea Trailer Park” and the “Summer Time Ice Cream Parlor” During World War II, Miss Johnson was a WAC in the U.S. Army Air Corps, and she joined the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1946.

Surviving were: her mother and step-father, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest L. Barnes of Pawleys Island and several uncles, aunts, and cousins.

 

Author: Unknown

Contributed By: Melinda Mobley

Copyright: Adapted from Georgetown (SC) Times, Jan 12,1978


LeagueBatting Record

Year Ga AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG
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