Editing Johnny Evers (section)

==Later life==
In the 1920s, Evers settled in Troy to live with his older sister Anna Evers Kennedy. Evers operated a sporting goods store in [[Albany, New York]] in 1923. However, Evers lost his money and filed for bankruptcy in 1936.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-05-13 |title=Johnny Evers Files Bankruptcy Petition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-johnny-evers-files-bank/163486343/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |work=Hartford Courant |page=17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LnctAAAAIBAJ&pg=5355,3008151&dq=johnny-evers+bankrupt&hl=en |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|title=Time Deals Harshly With Two Of Diamond's Immortals|date=May 25, 1936|page=12|access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> The store was passed down to Evers' descendants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kHohAAAAIBAJ&pg=5790,2800406|title=On The Block: Evers family sell famous Merkle ball at Leland's sports memorabilia auction|first=Steve|last=Amedio|page=C1|newspaper=The Daily Gazette|date=February 13, 1993|access-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref> He also worked as superintendent of [[Bleecker Stadium]] in Albany<ref name=humancrab/><ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-04-16 |title=Johnny Evers To Have Charge Bleeker Stadium |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-johnny-evers-to-have-ch/163486363/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |work=The Boston Globe |page=24 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> and spent time teaching baseball to sandlot players.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GFwbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5182,93327&dq=johnny-evers+albany&hl=en|title=Johnny Evers Teacher Now|page=10|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=May 3, 1937|access-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref>

Evers suffered a [[stroke]] in August 1942, which paralyzed the right side of his body.<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wD9FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4582,5900742&dq=johnny-evers+albany&hl=en|title=Johnny Evers Fights For Life in Hospital|agency=United Press International|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|page=9|date=August 26, 1942|access-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref> He remained bedridden or confined to a wheelchair for most of the next five years.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=trxHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6696,6376931&dq=johnny-evers+albany&hl=en |title=Johnny Evers Loses Battle: Dies Friday After a Long Illness|page=7|agency=United Press International|newspaper=Warsaw Daily Union|date=March 29, 1947|access-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref> Evers died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in 1947 at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany,<ref name=sabr>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/johnny-evers/ |title=Johnny Evers |first1=David |last1=Shiner |website=sabr.org |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=October 15, 2009}}</ref><ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ga4uAAAAIBAJ&pg=4603,5957152&dq=johnny-evers&hl=en|title=Johnny Evers, Ball Star, Dies: Member of Immortal Diamond Combination|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|page=1|agency=Associated Press|date=March 28, 1947|access-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref> and is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Troy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cubs fans visit Evers grave in Troy|work=The Saratogian|agency=The Associated Press|date=Nov 3, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Johnny-evers-grave.jpg|thumb|alt=Johnny Evers gravesite|Johnny Evers gravesite at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Troy, New York.]]