Betsy Jochum has passed away at age 104. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League confirmed that Jochum, the last member of the original group that inspired the 1992 film A League of Their ...
Betsy Jochum, the last surviving player from the inaugural 1943 season of what became the All-American Girls Base Ball League, which was started as a wartime novelty but became a groundbreaking moment ...
Last Original Player Who Inspired 'A League of Their Own' Dies originally appeared on Parade. Rest in peace. Betsy "Sockum" Jochum, an original member of the women's baseball league that inspired the ...
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Betsy Jochum, One of the Original ‘A League of Their Own’ Baseball Players, Dies at 104
In the summer of 1991, Betsy Jochum traveled five hours from her home in South Bend, Ind., to Bosse Field, a small, picturesque stadium in the city of Evansville, to watch the filming of the ...
Betsy Jochum, player from women’s baseball league that inspired ‘A League of Their Own,’ dead at 104
Betsy Jochum, an original member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that inspired the hit movie “A League of Their Own,” died at her South Bend, Indiana home on May 31. She was 104 ...
Playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which inspired the film “A League of Their Own,” she won a batting title and stole 127 bases in 1944. By Richard Sandomir Betsy Jochum, ...
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