Deaths in 1979
From SABR Encyclopedia
The following people are recorded as having passed away in 1979. (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Ackerman (c18a) | Ackerman | Jake | Jacob Edward | 1010 | |
| Jerry Akers (581c) | Akers | Jerry | Albert Earl | 55 | 1515 |
| Ed Albrecht (597e) | Albrecht | Ed | Edward Arthur | 1212 | 2929 |
| Dale Alexander (5568) | Alexander | Dale | David Dale | 33 | 22 |
| Ray Alviso (c68d) | Alviso | Ray | Raymond A | 11 | |
| Elbert Andrews (34d8) | Andrews | Elbert | Elbert DeVore | 1111 | 2525 |
| Ken Ash (d729) | Ash | Ken | Kenneth Lowther | 1111 | 1515 |
| Johnny Bassler (df41) | Bassler | Johnny | John Landis | 66 | 2929 |
| Lou Bauer (9917) | Bauer | Lou | Louis Walter | 22 | 44 |
| John Beckvermit (947b) | Beckvermit | John | John | 33 | |
| Johnny Berger (b15b) | Berger | Johnny | John Henne | 55 | 77 |
| Homer Bird (0225) | Bird | Homer | Homer C. | 11 | |
| Ray Blades (92a8) | Blades | Ray | Francis Raymond | 55 | 1818 |
| Cliff Bolton (51fa) | Bolton | Cliff | William Clifton | 44 | 2121 |
| Bill Bottler (2a63) | Bottler | Bill | William Victor | 11 | 1515 |
| Frank Bowa (142a) | Bowa | Frank | Frank | 33 | |
| Abe Bowman (2e30) | Bowman | Abe | Alvah Edson | 1010 | 1111 |
| Herb Bremer (d566) | Bremer | Herb | Herbert Frederick | 1111 | 2828 |
| Bill Brenner (8a43) | Brenner | Bill | William W | 55 | 1717 |
| Bill Brenzel (e74e) | Brenzel | Bill | William Richard | 66 | 1212 |
| Hank Butcher (d5fc) | Butcher | Hank | Henry Joseph | 1212 | 2828 |
| Milt Byrnes (f010) | Byrnes | Milt | Milton John | 22 | 11 |
| Lew Carpenter (1e77) | Carpenter | Lew | Lewis Emmett | 44 | 2525 |
| Virgil Cheeves (7c74) | Cheeves | Virgil | Virgil Earl | 55 | 55 |
| Bob Chesnes (af42) | Chesnes | Bob | Robert Vincent | 55 | 2323 |
| Joe Conzelman (6eea) | Conzelman | Joe | Joseph Harrison | 44 | 1717 |
| Charles Cronin (e78c) | Cronin | Charles | Charles L | 1111 | |
| Sam Dailey (23a6) | Dailey | Sam | Samuel Lawrence | 1212 | 22 |
| Bill DeKoning (dc68) | DeKoning | Bill | William Callahan | 77 | 2626 |
| Charlie Deal (561c) | Deal | Charlie | Charles Albert | 99 | 1616 |
| Lindsay Deal (4717) | Deal | Lindsay | Fred Lindsay | 44 | 1818 |
| Bert Delmas (af8c) | Delmas | Bert | Albert Charles | 1212 | 44 |
| Pedro Dibut (c658) | Dibut | Pedro | Pedro | 1212 | 44 |
| Nick Dumovich (958b) | Dumovich | Nick | Nicholas | 1212 | 1212 |
| Luke Easter (f29a) | Easter | Luke | Luscious Luke | 33 | 2929 |
| Sam Edmonston (e140) | Edmonston | Sam | Samuel Sherwood | 44 | 1212 |
| Andrew Elko (ef05) | Elko | Andrew | Andrew Clarence | 1010 | |
| Allen Elliott (c89d) | Elliott | Allen | Allen Clifford | 55 | 66 |
| Al Evans (fef4) | Evans | Al | Alfred Hubert | 44 | 66 |
| Beattie Feathers (9703) | Feathers | Beattie | William Beattie | 33 | 1010 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons (5a7d) | Fitzsimmons | Freddie | Frederick Landis | 1111 | 1818 |
| Nemo Gaines (b8e8) | Gaines | Nemo | Willard Roland | 11 | 2626 |
| Alex Gaston (161c) | Gaston | Alex | Alexander Nathaniel | 22 | 88 |
| Warren Giles (448f) | Giles | Warren | Warren Crandall | 22 | 77 |
| Norman Glaser (5db5) | Glaser | Norman | Norman Matt | 55 | 2727 |
| Gordon Goodell (f50f) | Goodell | Gordon | Gordon Lewis | 1212 | |
| Reid Gowan (4bc9) | Gowan | Reid | Reid Palmer | 11 | |
| Fred Graf (9fc4) | Graf | Fred | Frederick Gottleib | 1010 | 44 |
| Bill Grieve (997d) | Grieve | Bill | William Thomas Turner | 88 | 1515 |
| Stan Hack (509c) | Hack | Stan | Stanley Camfield | 1212 | 1515 |
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