Nick Glowa was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on December 1, 1915. Glowa played baseball for 17 years from 1937-54 as a first baseman for Transcona in the Greater Winnipeg Senior Baseball League. In the 1943 league play-offs, Glowa had an astonishing .610 batting average. Another time, in a double header, he went 5 for 5 in batting during the first game and 4 for 5 during the second. Glowa led Transcona to the League Championship in 1948 and was a league all-star ten times. In the seasons of 1950 and ’51, he won the Batting Crown with averages of .329 and .358 respectively. He also won League MVP in 1951 and was named the most sportsman-like player in 1954. After his playing days were over, Glowa served as playing coach for Transcona from 1952-54. He also coached the St. Boniface Athletics Women’s Softball team in 1944. Glowa was inducted into the Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1955, Glowa moved to California and continued to bowl, curl and golf.
