Deaths in 1972
From SABR Encyclopedia
The following people are recorded as having passed away in 1972. (Note that this list may be incomplete, as this page is only updated periodically by the system; it may not reflect recent edits to person pages.)
| Last Name | First Name | Given Name | Month | Day | Month | Day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Allingham (993d) | Allingham | Robert | Robert Elmer | 55 | 2323 | 77 | |
| John Alloway (1444) | Alloway | John | John F | 66 | 2121 | 77 | |
| Red Anderson (cc17) | Anderson | Red | Arnold Revola | 66 | 1919 | 88 | 77 |
| Fred Bailey (05f5) | Bailey | Fred | Frederick Middleton | 88 | 1616 | 88 | 1616 |
| Jesse Baker (e229) | Baker | Jesse | Jesse Ormond | 66 | 33 | 99 | 2626 |
| Dave Bancroft (8822) | Bancroft | Dave | David James | 44 | 2020 | 1010 | 99 |
| Babe Barna (a5e8) | Barna | Babe | Herbert Paul | 33 | 22 | 55 | 1818 |
| Les Bartholomew (08f4) | Bartholomew | Les | Lester Justin | 44 | 44 | 99 | 1919 |
| George Batten (e49d) | Batten | George | George Burnett | 1010 | 77 | 88 | 44 |
| Moe Berg (e1e6) | Berg | Moe | Morris | 33 | 22 | 55 | 2929 |
| Charlie Berry (ea1e) | Berry | Charlie | Charles Francis | 1010 | 1818 | 99 | 66 |
| Herman Besse (fe8c) | Besse | Herman | Herman A. | 88 | 1616 | 88 | 1313 |
| Red Bird (f38f) | Bird | Red | James Edward | 44 | 2525 | 33 | 2323 |
| Del Bissonette (a22d) | Bissonette | Del | Delphia Louis | 99 | 66 | 66 | 99 |
| Vern Blenkiron (7f60) | Blenkiron | Vern | Vernon Mathew | 99 | 1212 | 22 | 11 |
| Bob Bowman (e9f0) | Bowman | Bob | Robert James | 1010 | 33 | 99 | 44 |
| Stan Breard (e30f) | Breard | Stan | Stanislaus | 33 | 2525 | 44 | 3030 |
| Jim Brillheart (bdde) | Brillheart | Jim | James Benson | 99 | 2828 | 99 | 22 |
| Jim Bryan (8bc1) | Bryan | Jim | James Wesley | 22 | 44 | 99 | |
| Dale Burich (6fca) | Burich | Dale | Dale John | 55 | 2929 | 33 | 99 |
| Dick Burrus (8363) | Burrus | Dick | Maurice Lennon | 11 | 2929 | 22 | 22 |
| Donie Bush (20be) | Bush | Donie | Owen Joseph | 1010 | 88 | 33 | 2828 |
| Frank Bushey (2eac) | Bushey | Frank | Francis Clyde | 88 | 11 | 33 | 1818 |
| John Carey (111d) | Carey | John | John S | 22 | 2323 | ||
| Italo Chelini (cf3f) | Chelini | Italo | Italo Vincent | 1010 | 1010 | 88 | 2525 |
| Harry Child (6b5e) | Child | Harry | Harry Stephen Patrick | 55 | 2323 | 1111 | 88 |
| Dino Chiozza (a40e) | Chiozza | Dino | Dino Joseph | 66 | 3030 | 44 | 2323 |
| Watty Clark (7b99) | Clark | Watty | William Watson | 55 | 1616 | 33 | 44 |
| Roberto Clemente (8b15) | Clemente | Roberto | Roberto | 88 | 1818 | 1212 | 3131 |
| Dick Coffman (74e6) | Coffman | Dick | Samuel Richard | 1212 | 1818 | 33 | 2424 |
| Rip Conway (cb26) | Conway | Rip | Richard Daniel | 44 | 1818 | 1212 | 22 |
| Glenn Crawford (a007) | Crawford | Glenn | Glenn Martin | 1212 | 22 | 11 | 22 |
| Jack Crouch (612a) | Crouch | Jack | Jack Albert | 1010 | 1212 | 88 | 2525 |
| General Crowder (ab4b) | Crowder | General | Alvin Floyd | 11 | 1111 | 44 | 33 |
| George Cunningham (3340) | Cunningham | George | George Harold | 77 | 1313 | 33 | 1010 |
| Wally Dashiell (412f) | Dashiell | Wally | John Wallace | 55 | 99 | 55 | 2020 |
| Yancy Davis (2875) | Davis | Yancy | Yancy | 88 | 55 | 77 | |
| Jack Devincenzi (99e9) | Devincenzi | Jack | John Colbert | 33 | 55 | 1212 | |
| Dutch Dietz (0c27) | Dietz | Dutch | Lloyd Arthur | 22 | 1212 | 1010 | 2929 |
| Frank Drews (ad94) | Drews | Frank | Frank John | 55 | 2525 | 44 | 2222 |
| Johnny Echols (41e6) | Echols | Johnny | John Gresham | 11 | 99 | 1111 | 1313 |
| Gus Fisher (4bf0) | Fisher | Gus | August Harris | 1010 | 2121 | 44 | 88 |
| Tom Fisher (b57a) | Fisher | Tom | Thomas Chalmers | 1111 | 11 | 99 | 33 |
| Sam Follansbee (8b28) | Follansbee | Sam | Somerby Colby | 77 | 2121 | 55 | 2323 |
| Dick Fowler (3d0f) | Fowler | Dick | Richard John | 33 | 3030 | 55 | 2222 |
| Al Gerheauser (e5eb) | Gerheauser | Al | Albert | 66 | 2424 | 55 | 2828 |
| Alva Gipe (0f62) | Gipe | Alva | Alva E | 11 | 1414 | 77 | 11 |
| Billy Girdley (7a3c) | Girdley | Billy | William Hugh | 11 | 2424 | 1010 | |
| Pep Goodwin (f0f9) | Goodwin | Pep | Claire Vernon | 1212 | 1919 | 22 | 1515 |
| Tony Governor (c095) | Governor | Tony | Antone | 88 | 3131 | 66 | |
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