Deaths in 1981
From SABR Encyclopedia
The following people are recorded as having passed away in 1981. (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Ainsmith (f48a) | Ainsmith | Eddie | Edward Wilbur | 99 | 66 |
| Horace Allen (3bcf) | Allen | Horace | Horace Tanner | 77 | 55 |
| Ernie Alten (2ec8) | Alten | Ernie | Ernest Matthias | 99 | 99 |
| Fred Archer (d5a3) | Archer | Fred | Frederick Marvin | 1010 | 3131 |
| Willis Baker (7fb1) | Baker | Willis | Willis A | 77 | |
| Honey Barnes (ed8d) | Barnes | Honey | John Francis | 66 | 1818 |
| Sam Barnes (8ac8) | Barnes | Sam | Samuel Thomas | 22 | 1919 |
| Bill Bayne (c5cf) | Bayne | Bill | William Lear | 55 | 2222 |
| Junius Beck (5ff6) | Beck | Junius | Junius Foster | 11 | |
| Zinn Beck (1aa3) | Beck | Zinn | Zinn Bertram | 33 | 1919 |
| Frank Betcher (5596) | Betcher | Frank | Franklin Lyle | 1111 | 2727 |
| Josh Billings (f0f9) | Billings | Josh | John Augustus | 1212 | 3030 |
| John Bischoff (ee64) | Bischoff | John | John George | 1212 | 2828 |
| Al Bool (c0fd) | Bool | Al | Albert | 99 | 2727 |
| Jake Brown (9c8b) | Brown | Jake | Jerald Ray | 1212 | 1818 |
| Myrl Brown (e2e4) | Brown | Myrl | Myrl Lincoln | 22 | 2323 |
| Earle Brucker (7116) | Brucker | Earle | Earle Francis | 55 | 88 |
| Lester Buffington (03c4) | Buffington | Lester | Lester C | 66 | |
| Marlyn Burleson (d098) | Burleson | Marlyn | Marlyn A | 44 | |
| Samuel Byrd (985c) | Byrd | Samuel | Samuel Dewey | 55 | 1111 |
| Earl Caldwell (1e58) | Caldwell | Earl | Earl Welton | 99 | 1515 |
| Lou Ciola (4123) | Ciola | Lou | Louis Alexander | 1010 | 1818 |
| Gowell Claset (88cc) | Claset | Gowell | Gowell Sylvester | 33 | 88 |
| Merl Combs (d796) | Combs | Merl | Merrill Russell | 77 | 77 |
| John Crawley (846a) | Crawley | John | John Dempsey | 77 | 44 |
| Al DeRenne (343a) | DeRenne | Al | Alfred L | 99 | 2020 |
| Mario DeVitalis (a8db) | DeVitalis | Mario | Mario Mosca | 99 | |
| Paul Dean (2ba4) | Dean | Paul | Paul Dee | 33 | 1717 |
| Emerson Dickman (4008) | Dickman | Emerson | George Emerson | 44 | 2727 |
| Sewell Dixon (0392) | Dixon | Sewell | Sewell W. | 77 | 55 |
| Jerry Donovan (d32d) | Donovan | Jerry | Gerald Timothy Patrick | 88 | 2929 |
| John Dowd (faf2) | Dowd | John | John Leo | 11 | 3131 |
| Ted Drakos (0e29) | Drakos | Ted | Theodore Chris | 1111 | |
| Herman Drefs (8e3e) | Drefs | Herman | Herman H. | 44 | |
| Hugh East (54e9) | East | Hugh | Gordon Hugh | 1111 | 22 |
| Clarence Eldridge (61ca) | Eldridge | Clarence | Clarence Ernest | 22 | 77 |
| Lou Fette (f8c3) | Fette | Lou | Louis Henry William | 11 | 33 |
| Jim Finigan (f9f1) | Finigan | Jim | James Leroy | 55 | 1616 |
| Harry Fisher (8999) | Fisher | Harry | Harry Devereaux | 99 | 2020 |
| Ed Gallagher (4c84) | Gallagher | Ed | Edward Michael | 1212 | 2222 |
| Huck Geary (105e) | Geary | Huck | Eugene Francis Joseph | 11 | 2727 |
| Frank Genovese (eb58) | Genovese | Frank | Frank Charles | 1212 | 22 |
| Joe Giebel (a480) | Giebel | Joe | Joseph Henry | 33 | 1717 |
| Grant Gillis (b766) | Gillis | Grant | Grant | 22 | 44 |
| Tom Glass (c072) | Glass | Tom | Thomas Joseph | 1212 | 1515 |
| Bobby Goff (8c9a) | Goff | Bobby | Robert E Lee | 11 | |
| Vince Gonzales (2c77) | Gonzales | Vince | Wenceslao | 33 | 1111 |
| Lavern Grace (aad7) | Grace | Lavern | Lavern Leon | 11 | |
| Gene Green (e5de) | Green | Gene | Gene Leroy | 55 | 2323 |
| Bill Hallahan (517a) | Hallahan | Bill | William Anthony | 77 | 88 |
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