Ethel Phoebe Boyce (June 27, 1917 – August 24, 1996) was a

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ballplayer who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed. Madden, W. C. (2005) ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' (2005); Born in

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, Boyce was one of the 68 Canadians to join the AAGPBL in its twelve-year history. She appeared in five games for the

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in its 1946 season, and went hitless in three at-bats. An avid professional softball player in her country, Boyce was recognized for her interest in people, being particularly interested in young people and helping them to succeed in life.Ethel Boyce Achievement Award
Softball Canada website; retrieved 2019-03-27. The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure. Ethel Phoebe Boyce died in 1996, aged 79. In 1998, Boyce and all Canadian AAGPBL players gained honorary induction into the

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.The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
baseballhalloffame.ca; accessed July 3, 2020. That same year, Boyce's sister, Mrs. Ruth A. Laing, created the Ethel Boyce Achievement Award through a donation in the memory of her sister. The award is administered by Softball Canada and is awarded annually, to a female and a male recipient.

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