Gladys I. Mortimer
Gladys Mortimer came from a family of athletes and she excelled in sport, particularly softball and basketball. She was a lefthanded first-baseman on Westclox teams that won many city titles, and was also regarded as an all-star in basketball.
Her playing skills were considerable, but it was as an administrator that she left her mark. She was Secretary and/or Treasurer of the Peterborough Ladies Softball League for many years, and later President of the Provincial Women’s Softball Union for the 1944 and 1945 seasons. They did not have their own rule book, so Gladys wrote one that has changed very little since then.
She remembers when she started: “Through the 30s, we used to get better crowds than the men who were still playing at Central School.” she recalled.
In 1936, she was one of an all-star basketball team that played the renowned Edmonton Grads before 4,000 at the Exhibition Grounds. She died in 1998.
Year Inducted:
1984
Status:
Deceased
Gladys Mortimer came from a family of athletes and she excelled in sport, particularly softball and basketball. She was a lefthanded first-baseman on Westclox teams that won many city titles, and was also regarded as an all-star in basketball.
Her playing skills were considerable, but it was as an administrator that she left her mark. She was Secretary and/or Treasurer of the Peterborough Ladies Softball League for many years, and later President of the Provincial Women’s Softball Union for the 1944 and 1945 seasons. They did not have their own rule book, so Gladys wrote one that has changed very little since then.
She remembers when she started: “Through the 30s, we used to get better crowds than the men who were still playing at Central School.” she recalled.
In 1936, she was one of an all-star basketball team that played the renowned Edmonton Grads before 4,000 at the Exhibition Grounds. She died in 1998.