Stanley Glenn

Stanley "Doc" Glenn (September 16, 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.

Stan Glenn
Catcher
Born: (1926-09-16)September 16, 1926
Wachapreague, Virginia, United States
Died: April 16, 2011(2011-04-16) (aged 84)
Yeadon, Pennsylvania, United States
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro Leagues debut
1944, for the Philadelphia Stars
Last appearance
1953, for the Lincoln Chiefs

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 right out of John Bartram High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"I suppose one thing I remember so vividly was catching Satchel Paige (1946 and 1950)," Glenn says.

"As hard as he threw, the ball was like a feather. It was so easy to catch him, mainly because he was always around the plate."

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. "See pictures of the event here". Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved October 1, 2013.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

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.[1] He is interred at Ferwood Cemetery in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.[2]

Notes
  1. Donald Hunt (2011-04-19). "Local Negro Leaguer, Stanley 'Doc' Glenn, dies". Philadelphia Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  2. Bob Hufford (2011-04-19). "Stanley "Doc" Glenn". Retrieved 2011-05-26.

References
  • Glenn, Stanley (2006). Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away: An inside look at Negro League baseball and its legacy. iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 0-595-67777-0.
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