Jean Faut

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Faut became a competitive [[Bowler (ten-pin)|bowler]] after her baseball retirement. Divorced from Winsch in 1968, she married again in 1977 to Charles Eastman, a resident of [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] who worked as a salesman for [[Textron|Textron Corporation]]. He died in 1993 after 16 years of marriage. After that, Faut excelled as a recreational [[golf]]er. An active grandmother with four grandchildren, she lived in Rock Hill, South Carolina.<ref name=SABR-Faut/><ref>Mcauley, Jordan, ''The Celebrity Black Book 2010''. Mega Niche Media (2009); {{ISBN|978-1-60487-014-5}}</ref>
Faut became a competitive [[Bowler (ten-pin)|bowler]] after her baseball retirement. Divorced from Winsch in 1968, she married again in 1977 to Charles Eastman, a resident of [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] who worked as a salesman for [[Textron|Textron Corporation]]. He died in 1993 after 16 years of marriage. After that, Faut excelled as a recreational [[golf]]er. An active grandmother with four grandchildren, she lived in Rock Hill, South Carolina.<ref name=SABR-Faut/><ref>Mcauley, Jordan, ''The Celebrity Black Book 2010''. Mega Niche Media (2009); {{ISBN|978-1-60487-014-5}}</ref>


Faut was part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the [[Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] at [[Cooperstown, New York]], which was opened in {{Baseball year|1988}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Dys |first=Andrew |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Real ‘A League of Their Own’ woman: Baseball legend Jean Faut of Rock Hill dies at 98 |url=https://www.thestate.com/sports/mlb/article272887715.html |work=[[The State]]}}</ref>
Faut was part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the [[Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] at [[Cooperstown, New York]], which was opened in {{Baseball year|1988}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Dys |first=Andrew |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Real 'A League of Their Own' woman: Baseball legend Jean Faut of Rock Hill dies at 98 |url=https://www.thestate.com/sports/mlb/article272887715.html |work=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]}}</ref>


Faut died in [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] on February 28, 2023 at the age of 98.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Sandomir |date=9 March 2023 |title=Jean Faut, Star Pitcher in Women's Baseball League, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/sports/baseball/jean-faut-dies.html |access-date=March 9, 2023 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Faut died in [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] on February 28, 2023 at the age of 98.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Sandomir |date=9 March 2023 |title=Jean Faut, Star Pitcher in Women's Baseball League, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/sports/baseball/jean-faut-dies.html |access-date=March 9, 2023 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
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