About Connie Rector
Lived 1892 – 1963 (aged 70–71). Connie Rector was an American baseball player.
Cornelius Rector (June 15, 1892 – May, 1963), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American Negro league baseball pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.
A native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Rector began playing professionally in local leagues in 1910. As a member of the Hilldale Club, he pitched against Babe Ruth in a 1920 exhibition, and continued to pitch effectively into his early fifties, finishing his 34-year playing career with the New York Black Yankees in 1944. Rector died in New York, New York in 1963 at age 70.
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Who was Connie Rector?
American baseball player
When was Connie Rector born?
Connie Rector was born on 15 June 1892 in Arkadelphia.
When did Connie Rector die?
Connie Rector died in 1963 in New York, New York.
What was Connie Rector's occupation?
Connie Rector was a baseball player.
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Connie Rector was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Connie Rector. https://biography.guide/connie-rector/
MLA: "Connie Rector." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/connie-rector/.
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