Gloria Cordes Elliott, who wasn’t allowed to play in organized leagues while growing up, was a teenager when she left home to join the All American Girls Professional Baseball league, organized by baseball owners as a hedge against the manpower drain during World War Two.
She grew into one of the pitching mainstays of the league, a three-time All Star who pitched 24 consecutive complete games and won 16 in 1952, and was the winning pitcher in that year’s All-Star Game.
Class of 1997
Did You Know?
Gloria Cordes Elliott and her husband Ed Elliott, honored as one of the Staten Island Little League founding fathers, are the only husband and wife in the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame.
