Nannie, A Great Source of Family History but . . .

if she shared this, I missed it.

Annie Belle Sherwin Myers - we called her 'Nannie'. She was a great source of family stories as we browsed through her photo albums in her home or on strolls through the cemetery just down the road from her house. But as the title of this blog post says, her participation in 'sports' escaped me.

Recently I chose her for one of my online searches at Newspapers.com. And there she was as a member of her high school basketball team in 1915.

This photo was from a few years before her experiences on the court but probably depicts 'the look' of the day.

Two other sidenotes were these 'basketball facts' in the timeline of Women's Basketbal

RULE Change—Coaching from sidelines prohibited during game, except for halftime

RULE Change—The bottom of the basket is removed.  Substitutes allowed for first time (but cannot re-enter game). The bounce pass is allowed.

These are the articles I found:

In hindsight I really shouldn't have been surprised having observed her antics through the years which included a boogie board at the Atlantic Ocean at seventy-two.