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Muriel Eleanor Coben

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Muriel Eleanor Coben

Birth
Haliburton, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Death
8 Jun 1979 (aged 58)
Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Burial
Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Add to Map
Plot
233A2
Memorial ID
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Muriel was a talented all round athlete and won many titles in the sports she entered. She was inducted into Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in June 1998, to Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. All American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Excerpt from Saskatoon Hall of Fame - ''Muriel was considered by many to be the greatest softball pitcher in Saskatchewan. Her career started in 1936 when she pitched and won all her games as a member of the Tessier Millionaires.
From 1938 to 1945, she performed for the Saskatoon Pats. She did however, take one year off in 1943 to play for the South Bend White Sox of Chicago in the All-American Girls League. In 1946, Muriel joined the Saskatoon Grey Cab Ramblers. She helped the club win three successive Saskatchewan championships in 1946, 1947, and 1948, and two Western championships in 1946, and 1947. In 1950, Coben moved to Edmonton, joined the Mortons ball club and aided them in winning the Canadian championship over a very strong Toronto squad in 1952.
She returned to Saskatoon, again starred with the Ramblers until her playing days were over. Muriel was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.''

CURLING'S PAST CHAMPIONS - Saskatchewan, Canadian & World
SASKATCHEWAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS
SLCA Provincial Women's Champions

1954 Saskatoon Muriel Coben, 1960 Saskatoon Muriel Coben

CANADIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS - East West Invitational Champions
1960 Sask. Muriel Coben
Muriel was a talented all round athlete and won many titles in the sports she entered. She was inducted into Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in June 1998, to Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. All American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Excerpt from Saskatoon Hall of Fame - ''Muriel was considered by many to be the greatest softball pitcher in Saskatchewan. Her career started in 1936 when she pitched and won all her games as a member of the Tessier Millionaires.
From 1938 to 1945, she performed for the Saskatoon Pats. She did however, take one year off in 1943 to play for the South Bend White Sox of Chicago in the All-American Girls League. In 1946, Muriel joined the Saskatoon Grey Cab Ramblers. She helped the club win three successive Saskatchewan championships in 1946, 1947, and 1948, and two Western championships in 1946, and 1947. In 1950, Coben moved to Edmonton, joined the Mortons ball club and aided them in winning the Canadian championship over a very strong Toronto squad in 1952.
She returned to Saskatoon, again starred with the Ramblers until her playing days were over. Muriel was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.''

CURLING'S PAST CHAMPIONS - Saskatchewan, Canadian & World
SASKATCHEWAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS
SLCA Provincial Women's Champions

1954 Saskatoon Muriel Coben, 1960 Saskatoon Muriel Coben

CANADIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS - East West Invitational Champions
1960 Sask. Muriel Coben

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MURIEL E. COBEN
1921 - 1979
SHE IS JUST AWAY



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  • Created by: Marianne
  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130281877/muriel_eleanor-coben: accessed ), memorial page for Muriel Eleanor Coben (17 Feb 1921–8 Jun 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130281877, citing Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Marianne (contributor 47659026).