Willie Mays and Margherite Wendell Chapman

Major League Baseball legend Willie Mays was married to Margherite Wendell Chapman for five years. They lived in San Francisco’s Sherwood Forest neighborhood. While the couple remained together for a long time, rumors abound that their marriage was doomed. A Fort Pearson reporter interviewed Chapman in 1958 to inquire about rumors of a falling out between the couple. These rumors were denied by the actress.

Mays was born in Westfield Alabama. He won two MVP awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games during his career. In 1979, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was ranked second among the 100 greatest players of all time by Sporting News. Margie Wendell Chapman was his wife, and Mae Louise Allen was his second wife. Margherite Wendell Chapman, a longtime baseball player, married Willie Mays in 1957.