1992Athlete Joan Tysver Chiancola died.People and Communities, Women's History, Sports

A graduate of Gloucester High School, Joan Tysver Chiancola played professional baseball during the 1950s in the All-American Girls Baseball League at the positions of second base and pitcher for the “Grand Rapids Chicks” and the “Rockford Peaches,” which was the team that was the subject of the movie A League of Their Own. She is in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, and the Athletic Hall of Fame at Gloucester High School.