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Article: In a league of her own: wife, mother and baseball Hall of Famer Millie McAuley was proudest of Edmonton's 1951 victory over Toronto.(THE RECORD)
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- Western Standard
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- January 29, 2007
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DIED: Former athlete and homemaker Mildred M. (Millie) McAuley, 84; after a brief illness, in Edmonton, on Dec. 9. Born into the famous Warwick family of Saskatchewan, McAuley began her athletic career in Regina, playing a variety of sports with her nine siblings (five brothers and four sisters). But she excelled at baseball, developing as a consistent power hitter and graced with an accurate and forceful throwing arm. McAuley first played for Regina's all-women Army and Navy Bombers team, then tried out for the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League, the organization immortalized in the 1992 film A League of Their Own. In 1943, McAuley signed a contract with the ...