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Nov 17, 1881 Italy Died on 15 Feb 1944 (aged 62)
American baseball player
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About Maud Nelson
- Maud Nelson (born Clementina Brida, November 17, 1881 - February 15, 1944) was an early professional woman baseball pitcher, scout, manager, and team owner. Maud Nelson began pitching professionally at the age of 16, as a starting pitcher for the Boston Bloomer Girls.
- She played for a several professional baseball teams, including the American Athletic Girls and the Cherokee Indian Base Ball Club.
- In addition to her starting pitching duties, she often played third base in the later innings of a game. In 1911, Maud Nelson became owner-manager of the Western Bloomer Girls, along with her first husband, John B.
- Olson, Jr.
- She also became a baseball scout in 1911, recruiting both male and female players for a number of professional teams.
- After John died in 1917, Maud again played for Boston, and managed a women's team for the Chicago Athletic Club. In the early 1920s, Maud married Costante Dellacqua, with whom she later started the All Star Ranger Girls team.
- In the 1930s, she retired to a house in the neighborhood of Wrigley Field, living there until her death in 1944.
