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Connie Rector
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Pitcher
Born: (1892-06-15)June 15, 1892
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Died: May, 1963
New York, New York
debut
1920, for the Hilldale Club
Last appearance
1944, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
  • Hilldale Club (1920–1922)
  • Brooklyn Royal Giants (1922–1926)
  • New York Lincoln Giants (1927–1930)
  • New York Black Yankees (1931–1937)
  • New York Cubans (1938–1939)
  • New York Black Yankees (1941, 1944)

Cornelius Rector (June 15, 1892 – May, 1963), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American Negro league 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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