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title: "2 Effa Manley Quotes - Famous Baseball player (Negro baseball-- before integration)"
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# Effa Manley

(1897–1981)   Baseball Player

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Effa Manley was a baseball player, best known for *Negro baseball-- before integration*.

## Quick Facts About Effa Manley

Born March 27, 1897

Died April 16, 1981

Profession Baseball Player

Notable works Negro baseball-- before integration

## About Effa Manley

Effa Louise Manley was an American sports executive. She co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley from 1935 to 1948. Throughout that time, she served as the team's business manager and fulfilled many of her husband's duties as treasurer of the Negro National League. In 2006, she posthumously became the first woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, chosen by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues for her work as an executive.

##  Quotes by Effa Manley

> [Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/effa-manley/babe-ruth-made-a-baseball-fan-of-me-i-used-to-go-to-yankee-stadium/)

Effa Manley

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> [People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/effa-manley/people-say-don-t-live-in-the-past-but-i-guess-it-depends-on-how/)

Effa Manley

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