Durward Stowe

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Biographical Information[edit]

Durward Stowe was an outfielder who played for the Greenville Greenies of the Coastal Plain League in 1937 and 1938. He was born on July 24, 1912 in Ashwood, NC.[1] Before beginning his professional career, he attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute and graduated from East Carolina Teachers College in 1937.[2]

Stowe was a native of Ashwood, North Carolina, and he graduated from Hopewell High School in Hopewell, VA, where he earned all-state honors in football and basketball.[3] He was stationed in the Pacific in the navy during World War II.[4] He later served as head baseball coach at Middle Tennessee State College.[5] He died on April 6, 1994 in Clarksville, TN.[6]

His name is sometimes reported as Durwood in contemporary articles, although Durward is significantly more prevalent.

Sources[edit]

  1. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 281
  2. ↑ Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, July 27, 1937, p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Here 'N There Eds & Co-eds," Side-Lines, May 24, 1950.
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
  5. ↑ The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), February 20, 1947, p. 17.
  6. ↑ The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN), Thu, Apr 07, 1994, p. 7
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