Spencer Gettys

Spencer Gettys
Spencer Gettys
	Catcher
	Born: June 8, 1916; Rock Hill, South Carolina
	Died: November 18, 2004 (aged 88); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Negro league baseball debut
	1936, for the Bacharach Giants
Last appearance
	1936, for the Bacharach Giants
Teams
	Bacharach Giants (1936);

Spencer Lee Gettys (June 8, 1916 – November 18, 2004) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s.

A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Gettys attended Radnor High School where he was a star football player, and went on to attend Delaware State University. He played for the Bacharach Giants in 1936. After a longtime career as a stonemason, Gettys resumed his formal education, receiving degrees from Temple University and Antioch University. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2004 at age 88.[1][2][3]

References

"Spencer Gettys". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
"Spencer Gettys". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
Kristin E. Holmes (November 24, 2004). "Obituary for Spencer Gettys". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

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