Connie Rector

Cornelius Rector (June 15, 1892 – May, 1963), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American Negro league pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Connie Rector
Pitcher
Born: (1892-06-15)June 15, 1892 Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Died: May, 1963 New York, New York
Negro league baseball 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)

A native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Rector began playing professionally in local leagues in 1910.[1] As a member of the Hilldale Club, he pitched against Babe Ruth in a 1920 exhibition,[1] 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.