Eager Beaver Baseball Association, Inc. (EBBA) is a baseball league for youths in London, Ontario, Canada, that was first organized in 1955 by former Major League Baseball player Frank Colman, London sportsman Gordon Berryhill and Al Marshall. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Nickname: The Forest City Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 (as village) Incorporated 1855 (as city) City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best Governing Body London City Council MPs Sue Barnes (LPC) Joe Fontana (LPC) Irene Mathyssen (NDP) Joe Preston (CPC) MPPs Chris Bentley (OLP) Deb Matthews... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...

In an article inThe London Free Press on February 22, 1955, sportwriter Bob Ferguson reported the EBBA's goals: "The objective of the association is to implant firmly in the boys of the community, the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and reverence, so that they may be finer, stronger and happier boys and will grow to be good, clean, healthy men." The London Free Press is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, Canada. ...

Eager Beavers

It was Ferguson who first coined the phrase, "Eager Beavers." Frank Colman was named the first league president. London Free Press staff cartoonist Merle Tingley designed the first EBBA crest of a beaver swinging a baseball bat. Species C. canadensis C. fiber Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. ...

Other individuals who played a key role in founding the EBBA are: Stan (Gabby) Anderson; Norm Aldridge; Ron Armstrong; Len Barker; Bill Benninger; Ken Burgess; Vic Byers; Jack Colman; the Eager Beaverettes; Bill Farquharson; George Gibson; John Gillies; Don Greason; Clare Hatt; Bob Livingstone; London Majors Baseball Club; Tom Munro; Harry Nielson; Lorne Palmer; Alex Park; Gord Parker; Les Thomas; Hugh (Red) Wood; London YMCA-YWCA. George C. Gibson (July 22, 1880 - January 25, 1967) was a Canadian catcher and manager in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. ... The London Majors Baseball Club is an amateur mens baseball team from London, Ontario, Canada. ... YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ... Neysa Moran McMein (1888-1949) Y.W.C.A. In Service for the Girls of the World, Poster, 1919 The YWCA (originally Young Womens Christian Association) is a world-wide organisation, founded in the UK in 1855. ...

In 1979 under President Vern McLean, the EBBA incorporated to become Eager Beaver Baseball Association, Inc.

Frank Colman Day

After Frank Colman died from cancer in 1983 at age 65, the EBBA honoured Colman by organizing the inaugural Frank Colman Day in 1984. Each year, the EBBA holds Frank Colman Day at Labatt Park in London in mid-July to honour the league's co-founder, the league's all-stars and celebrate the game of baseball. When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ... Labatt Memorial Park is a baseball stadium in London, Ontario, Canada. ...

EBBA Presidents and other officers, 1955-1994

Honourary Lifetime President: George Gibson, 1955
EBBA Commissioner: Gordon Berryhill, 1955
EBBA Honourary Presidents, 1957: George (Mooney) Gibson; Mayor R.A. Dennis; Walter J. Blackburn; Police Chief A.E. Knight; Fire Chief R.C. McRonald
EBBA Honourary Lifetime Member: Fergie Jenkins, 1992

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1955-56: Frank Colman; 1957: Jim House; 1958: Archie Henderson; 1959: Don Waugh; 1960: Fred Dale; 1961-64: Bob Bodkin; 1965-66: George Mucahy; 1967-68: Stan (Gabby) Anderson; 1969: Jim Ramsey; 1970: Russ Mills; 1971-73: Doug Stinson; 1974-75: Rock Bergeron; 1976: Don Jury and Harold Bush; 1977-78: Harold Bush; 1979: Vern McLean 1980: Harold Bush; 1981: Mike Lumley Sr. and Al Kovacs; 1982: Al Kovacs; 1983: Steve Howe and Nick Nicholls; 1984: Lynda Ross; 1985: Bob Humphries; 1986: Lynda Ross; 1987: Bill Ross; 1988: Ron Matthew; 1989: Dan Pulham; 1990: Lynda Ross; 1991-94: Donald Burke

External links

• Frank Colman and the EBBA
• Frank Colman Day and the EBBA
• Map: location of Labatt Park in London

References

• EBBA: 40 Years of Baseball by Jeffrey Reed (Eager Beaver Baseball Association, Inc., London, Ontario, 1994, ISBN 0-9698289-0-X).

London, Ontario

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