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Bill Plummer, 76, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and coach (Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies), World Series champion (1975, 1976), complications from a heart attack. [ 371 ] Gani Qaliev , 85, Kazakh economist and politician, member of the Mäjilis (1999–2004).
Initially a history teacher and football coach, Eccleston eventually added the coaching duties of baseball and ice hockey to his responsibilities, winning state championships in all three sports. [3] For 23 years Eccleston declined all offers to coach at the collegiate level but finally accepted an offer from Providence in 1956 to alleviate ...
Tom Fitzgerald, 53, American soccer coach (University of Tampa), motorcycle accident. [23] Elena Souliotis, 61, Greek operatic soprano, heart failure. [24] Svend Wad, 76, Danish boxer and Olympic medalist. [25] Ron Williamson, 51, American minor league baseball player and murder convict, liver cirrhosis.
Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born baseball player in the major leagues, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92. Virgil became the first nonwhite Detroit Tigers player when he joined ...
Richie Ashburn, inducted in 2004, longtime player and color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies Wilt Chamberlain, an inaugural class inductee, born and raised in Philadelphia and played for the Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers Jimmie Foxx, inducted in 2004, played for the Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack, longtime Manager and Owner of the Philadelphia Athletics was inducted in 2004 ...
Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90, following a "private battle with small cell lung cancer ...
Curt Gerard Kaufman (born July 19, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he appeared in 40 games pitched , all but one as a relief pitcher , for the New York Yankees (1982–1983) and California Angels (1984).
The men's Olympic field hockey final had a little bit of everything. Duco Telgenkamp scored the golden goal in the shootout to give the Dutch the title at the Paris Games with a 2-1 victory over ...