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Thurman Munson Bio. Fullname: Thurman Lee Munson; Born: 6/07/1947 in Akron, OH; Draft: 1968, New York Yankees, Round: 1, Overall Pick: 4; College: Kent State; Debut: 8/08/1969; Died: 8/02/1979
Aug 2, 2019 · Thurman Munson died 40 years ago on Aug. 2, 1979. (Yahoo Sports) What he was, was the lead dog on the most alpha-laden team in the most alpha-obsessed city in the country. The first Yankees...
Thurman Lee Munson was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Yankees (1969-1979). Munson was a truly superb defensive catcher and widely considered the "heart and soul" of the Bronx Bombers —a trait that earned him the position of Captain of the Yanks in 1976, their first since Lou Gehrig !
Jan 4, 2012 · Thurman Munson played 11 seasons with the New York Yankees. The seven-time All- Star finished his career with a 1,558 hits, 113 home runs, 701 RBI, a .292 lifetime batting average, three Gold Gloves and two World Series rings.
Aug 2, 2016 · Graham Womack. 08-02-2016 • 7 min read. Less than two years after his death in a plane crash on Aug. 2, 1979, Thurman Munson debuted early on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Since 1954,...
Aug 2, 2010 · August 2, 1979 is the date of one baseball's worst tragedies -- it's the day beloved Yankee catcher Thurman Munson died in a plane crash outside Canton, Ohio. "I get chills all the time," Goose...
Aug 1, 2019 · Forty years after his tragic and stunning death just north of here, when the twin-engine Cessna Citation he was piloting crashed short of a runway, there are, indeed, monuments to Thurman Munson. You can find them around town, in the beautiful grave marker at Sunset Hills Burial Park, hard by Munson Street, which meanders along Belden Village.
