Lois Barker

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  1. "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Lois Barker". Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN   0-7864-3747-2
  3. 1 2 3 "New Jersey Baseball Magazine – Lois Barker: All-American Jersey Girl". Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  4. Aun, Fred J. "67 Years After Her Season in Pro Baseball, a Roxbury Grad Gets an Award" Archived 2018-05-24 at the Wayback Machine , TAP into Roxbury, February 17, 2017. Accessed May 23, 2018. "Lois 'Tommie' Barker, a Roxbury High School graduate who went on to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, was honored recently by the Ledgewood-based chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)."
  5. 1 2 "The Diamond Angle – An interview with Lois Barker". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  6. 1950 Grand Rapids Chicks Archived 2019-03-26 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  7. 1 2 3 The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  8. "Chester Historical Society website". Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  9. The Celebrity Black Book 2010 – Jordan Mcauley. Publisher: Mega Niche Media, 2009. Format: Paperback, 814pp. Language: English. ISBN   1-60487-014-1
  10. "Lois Barker Obituary". Legacy.com . Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

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Lois Barker
Lois Barker.jpeg
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Third base / Right field
Born:(1923-04-07)April 7, 1923
Dover, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: February 14, 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 94)
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right