Deaths in 1978
From SABR Encyclopedia
The following people are recorded as having passed away in 1978. (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Alexander (1237) | Alexander | Walt | Walter Ernest | 1212 | 2929 |
| Ferrell Anderson (8f04) | Anderson | Ferrell | Ferrell Jack | 33 | 1212 |
| Haig Apoian (409f) | Apoian | Haig | Haig | 1212 | |
| Fred Asbeck (587b) | Asbeck | Fred | Frederick M | 1212 | |
| Lonny Baker (28a8) | Baker | Lonny | Loris R | 99 | 55 |
| Harry Bartolomei (d3c0) | Bartolomei | Harry | Harry | 1212 | 1010 |
| Tony Bernardo (179d) | Bernardo | Tony | Tony Charles | 1111 | |
| Larry Bettencourt (1cef) | Bettencourt | Larry | Lawrence Joseph | 99 | 1515 |
| Steve Bilko (0cc6) | Bilko | Steve | Stephen Thomas | 33 | 77 |
| Charlie Bold (5246) | Bold | Charlie | Charles Dickens | 77 | 2929 |
| Benny Borgmann (160f) | Borgmann | Benny | Bernhard | 1111 | |
| Lyman Bostock (9bb7) | Bostock | Lyman | Lyman Wesley | 99 | 2323 |
| Buzz Boyle (40db) | Boyle | Buzz | Ralph Francis | 1111 | 1212 |
| Warren Brown (7a27) | Brown | Warren | Warren W | 1111 | 1919 |
| Bill Brubaker (1ebb) | Brubaker | Bill | Wilbur Lee | 44 | 22 |
| Eddie Bryan (1866) | Bryan | Eddie | Edwin Charles, | 11 | |
| George Burns (88e2) | Burns | George | George Henry | 11 | 77 |
| Ed Chaplin (463d) | Chaplin | Ed | Bert Edgar | 88 | 1515 |
| Bill Clowers (b631) | Clowers | Bill | William Perry | 11 | 1313 |
| Robert Cluley (a9d6) | Cluley | Robert | Robert James | 1010 | |
| Pete Compton (f6ba) | Compton | Pete | Anna Sebastian | 22 | 33 |
| Snipe Conley (7cc0) | Conley | Snipe | James Patrick | 11 | 77 |
| Sarge Connally (3269) | Connally | Sarge | George Walter | 11 | 2727 |
| Claude Corbitt (dc4b) | Corbitt | Claude | Claude Elliott | 55 | 11 |
| Fritz Coumbe (f58b) | Coumbe | Fritz | Frederick Nicholas | 33 | 2121 |
| Billy Cox (d17a) | Cox | Billy | William Richard | 33 | 3030 |
| Molly Craft (4b36) | Craft | Molly | Maurice Montague | 1010 | 2525 |
| Nick Cullop (07da) | Cullop | Nick | Henry Nicholas | 1212 | 11 |
| Tod Davis (9766) | Davis | Tod | Thomas Oscar | 1212 | 3131 |
| Joe Dawson (1de4) | Dawson | Joe | Ralph Fenton | 11 | 44 |
| Silvio DiMenna (e704) | DiMenna | Silvio | Silvio | 44 | |
| Bill Dietrich (6af7) | Dietrich | Bill | William John | 66 | 2020 |
| Reese Diggs (a577) | Diggs | Reese | Reese Wilson | 1010 | 3030 |
| Art Doll (1feb) | Doll | Art | Arthur James | 44 | 2828 |
| Donald Donelson (d3dd) | Donelson | Donald | Donald | 55 | |
| Bill Doran (9025) | Doran | Bill | William James | 33 | 99 |
| George Ellison (19cc) | Ellison | George | George Russell | 11 | 2020 |
| Roy Elsh (9f0c) | Elsh | Roy | Eugene Raybold | 1111 | 1212 |
| Al Erle (c2cd) | Erle | Al | Albert Henry | 66 | 1010 |
| Raymond Estes (2d56) | Estes | Raymond | Raymond Arnold | 1212 | |
| Oscar Estrada (b0c7) | Estrada | Oscar | Oscar | 11 | 22 |
| Charles Fallon (46bf) | Fallon | Charles | Charles Grover | 33 | |
| Ray Flaskamper (a5f5) | Flaskamper | Ray | Raymond Harold | 22 | 33 |
| Rudolph Fobert (2d55) | Fobert | Rudolph | Rudolph J | 77 | |
| Bill Foster (6efe) | Foster | Bill | William Hendrick | 99 | 1616 |
| Moe Franklin (2087) | Franklin | Moe | Murray Asher | 33 | 1616 |
| Ray French (bed5) | French | Ray | Raymond Edward | 44 | 33 |
| Ford Frick (ad4d) | Frick | Ford | Ford Christopher | 44 | 88 |
| Tony Gagliano (ebc6) | Gagliano | Tony | Tony | 33 | 88 |
| Babe Ganzel (5e17) | Ganzel | Babe | Foster Pirie | 22 | 66 |
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