Card Description
1968 Coverdale Angels Women's Fastball photos -Team, Battery, Infield, Outfield and newspaper articles. The beginning of the “Angels”. Coaches, Paul Currelly, Gord Burdick and Ev Walters combine the Coverdale Aces/Angels teams and recruit top players from the Cobourg town league and surrounding area. They enter their Juvenile team (under 16) into the Durham County Intermediate League (age unlimited) and compete in the provincial playoffs. They complete the season as PWSA Juvenile Semi-finalists to Richmond Hill – Durham league finalists to Port Hope Knights. Harnden and King Construction agrees to sponsor team and continues to do so for the next 20 years.
Type Of Object
Vintage
1968
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Sport League
Sport Level
Accession Number
2021.001.031
The Cobourg Galloping Ghosts are the most famous team in Cobourg sports history. Managed by Fred Dufton, the Ghosts won eight Ontario championships, five after World War II. They were Canadian Dominion champions in 1946, 1948 and 1950. They were the first team in Canada to wear aluminum cleats and the second to wear white uniforms.
