Charles Goodale
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- Class Year:
- 1939
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- Induction Year:
- 2002
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- Role/Sport(s) Played:
- Baseball
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- Club Team:
- Student-Athlete
Goodale, who was a three-year varsity letter winner at Juniata College as a member of the baseball team, played on the 1938 squad that won the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship. In addition, he was on the 1939 unit that lost, 14-13 to Bucknell in the Easter title tilt. He made the College Hill diamond squad as a freshman and was set to start at third base until Dr. N.J. Brumbaugh made him drop off the team because Goodale was a chemistry major. As a sophomore, he ignored Brumbaugh's "rule" of no sports for chemistry students, and played his final three years at Juniata. He posted batting averages of .345, .389 and .492 as a sophomore, junior and senior, respectively. During his senior season, he was a team captain. Following his collegiate career, he received offers to play baseball from the Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh to play in their farm system, but accepted an offer from the Harrisburg Senators when they formed a team in the new Interstate Baseball League. He batted .343 as a member of the organization, before leaving the profession to become a chemist with DuPont. The Juniata baseball most valuable player award is named in his honor.
