Thurman Munson

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Major League Baseball catcher baseball player human

Thurman Munson was an All-Star catcher and team captain for the New York Yankees in the 1970s, remembered as a key leader on their World Series championship teams before his life was tragically cut short in a 1979 plane crash.

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Label Occurrences
Thurman Munson canonical 5
Thurman Lee Munson 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball catcher ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
AllStarSelection 1971 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
1976 ⓘ
1977 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
awardReceived American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
American League Rookie of the Year ⓘ
Gold Glove Award ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
burialPlace West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio ⓘ
surface form: Sunset Hills Burial Park, Canton, Ohio, United States
captainEndYear 1979 ⓘ
captainStartYear 1976 ⓘ
causeOfDeath aviation accident ⓘ
child Kelly Munson ⓘ
Michael Munson ⓘ
Tracy Munson NERFINISHED ⓘ
collegeAttended Kent State University ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1947-06-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-08-02 ⓘ
draftedBy New York Yankees ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1968 ⓘ
familyName Munson ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 1979-08-01 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
fullName Thurman Munson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thurman Lee Munson
givenName Thurman ⓘ
GoldGloveSeason 1973 ⓘ
1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Lehman High School, Akron ⓘ
knownFor key role on Yankees World Series championship teams ⓘ
leadership as New York Yankees captain in the 1970s ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
mannerOfDeath plane crash ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1969-08-08 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
MVPSeason 1976 ⓘ
numberRetiredBy New York Yankees ⓘ
occupation professional baseball player ⓘ
overallDraftPick 4 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Akron, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Akron–Canton Airport ⓘ
surface form: Akron–Canton Airport, Green, Ohio, United States
playedFor New York Yankees ⓘ
positionPlayed catcher ⓘ
RookieOfTheYearSeason 1970 ⓘ
spouse Diana Munson NERFINISHED ⓘ
teamCaptainOf New York Yankees ⓘ
throws right ⓘ
uniformNumber 15 ⓘ
WorldSeriesAppearance 1976 ⓘ
1977 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1977 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
WorldSeriesMVP 1976 ⓘ
YankeesMonumentParkHonoree true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monument Park → commemorates → Thurman Munson ⓘ
Mickey Rivers (baseball) → notableTeammate → Thurman Munson ⓘ
subject surface form: Mickey Rivers
Mickey Rivers (baseball) → battedAheadOf → Thurman Munson ⓘ
subject surface form: Mickey Rivers
1976 World Series → notablePlayerRunnerUp → Thurman Munson ⓘ
1977 World Series with Los Angeles Dodgers → YankeesStarPlayer → Thurman Munson ⓘ
subject surface form: 1977 World Series
Thurman Munson → fullName → Thurman Munson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thurman Lee Munson