Thurman Munson

American baseball player (1947–1979)

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Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: June 7, 1947
Date of death: August 2, 1979
Place of birth: Akron
Place of death: Green
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: baseball player
Educated at: Kent State University^[8]
Award received: Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award^[9]^[10]
Cause of death: aircraft crash^[16]
Country for sport: United States^[21]
End of work period: August 1, 1979^[23]
Family name: Munson^[18]
Given name: Thurman^[19]
League or competition: Major League Baseball^[14]
Manner of death: accidental death^[20]
Member of sports team: New York Yankees, Kent State Golden Flashes baseball^[12]^[13]
P14750: 6762-E7B2-0C51-97A5-DEFA
Place of burial: Sunset Hills Burial Park^[6]
Position played on team / speciality: catcher^[15]
Sport: baseball^[17]
Start of work period: August 8, 1969^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Thurman Lee Munson en Thurman Munson de Thurman Lee Munson es Thurman Lee Munson ja サーマン・マンソン ko 서먼 먼슨 pl Thurman Lee Munson pt Thurman Lee Munson zh 瑟曼·曼森

🔖 Identifiers · 26

ISNI: 0000000024973166
VIAF cluster ID: 45552453
Library of Congress authority ID: n78005924
American National Biography ID: 1900594
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01zg3c
Baseball Almanac ID: munsoth01
Baseball Reference major league player ID: m/munsoth01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID: munson001thu
ESPN.com MLB player ID: 25585
FAST ID: 22063
FanGraphs player ID: 1009334
Find a Grave memorial ID: 2921

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Freebase ID: /m/01zg3c
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000218734630822
JRC Names ID: 538833
MLB.com player ID: 119531
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 325582203
Notable Names Database ID: 651/000162165
Open Library ID: OL1859138A
Quora topic ID: Thurman-Munson
Retrosheet person ID: munst101
The Baseball Cube player ID: 15776
Trading Card Database name ID: 4161
WikiBaseball ID: Thurman_Munson
WikiTree person ID: Munson-3652
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhX6vHTGtv8YDdcfVRMyd

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🔗 Connections

Award received 2

Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Cause of death 1

aircraft crash

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Kent State University

Instance of 1

human

League or competition 1

Major League Baseball

Manner of death 1

accidental death

Member of sports team 1

New York Yankees

Occupation 1

baseball player

Place of birth 1

Akron

Place of death 1

Green

Position played on team / speciality 1

catcher

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

baseball

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Summary

Born in Akron^[1], he… he was born on June 7, 1947^[2]. He passed away in Green^[3]. He died on August 2, 1979^[4]. He worked as a baseball player^[5].

Body

Recognition

Awards received include Rawlings Gold Glove Award^[9], a sports award^[24], in United States^[25], founded in 1957^[26] and Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award^[10], a most valuable player award^[27], in United States^[28], founded in 1931^[29].

FAQs

Where was Thurman Munson born?

Born in Akron^[1].

Where did Thurman Munson die?

Thurman Munson passed away in Green^[3].

What did Thurman Munson do for work?

Thurman Munson worked as baseball player^[5].

Where did Thurman Munson go to school?

Thurman Munson was educated at Kent State University^[8].

What awards did Thurman Munson receive?

Honors received include Rawlings Gold Glove Award^[9] and Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award^[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Thurman Munson — place of birth (P19): Akron. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Thurman Munson — place of death (P20): Green. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Thurman Munson — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Thurman Munson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Thurman Munson — member of sports team (P54): New York Yankees. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Thurman Munson — member of sports team (P54): Kent State Golden Flashes baseball. Retrieved 2021-08-22. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Thurman Munson — educated at (P69): Kent State University. Retrieved 2021-04-21. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Thurman Munson — occupation (P106): baseball player. ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2022-04-04. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Thurman Munson — league or competition (P118): Major League Baseball. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Thurman Munson — place of burial (P119): Sunset Hills Burial Park. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Thurman Munson — award received (P166): Rawlings Gold Glove Award. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Thurman Munson — award received (P166): Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award. MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13. m.mlb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Thurman Munson — position played on team / speciality (P413): catcher. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Thurman Munson — cause of death (P509): aircraft crash. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Thurman Munson — date of birth (P569): June 7, 1947. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Thurman Munson — date of death (P570): August 2, 1979. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Thurman Munson — sport (P641): baseball. MLB.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Thurman Munson — family name (P734): Munson. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Thurman Munson — given name (P735): Thurman. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Thurman Munson — manner of death (P1196): accidental death. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Thurman Munson — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Thurman Munson — start of work period (P2031): August 8, 1969. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Thurman Munson — end of work period (P2032): August 1, 1979. wikidata.org.

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