About Spencer Gettys
Lived 1916 – 2004 (aged 88). Spencer Gettys was a baseball player.
Spencer Lee Gettys (June 8, 1916 – November 18, 2004) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s.
A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Gettys attended Radnor High School where he was a star football player, and went on to attend Delaware State University. He played for the Bacharach Giants in 1936. After a longtime career as a stonemason, Gettys resumed his formal education, receiving degrees from Temple University and Antioch University. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2004 at age 88.
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Who was Spencer Gettys?
American baseball player (1916-2004)
When was Spencer Gettys born?
Spencer Gettys was born on 8 June 1916 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
When did Spencer Gettys die?
Spencer Gettys died on 18 November 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Spencer Gettys was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Spencer Gettys. https://biography.guide/spencer-gettys/
MLA: "Spencer Gettys." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/spencer-gettys/.
Chicago: "Spencer Gettys." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/spencer-gettys/.
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