New York Yankees' star catcher, Thurman Munson, died on Aug. 2, 1979, when the plane he was flying crashed short of the runway at Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio. He was 32. A cornerstone of the team ...

Thurman Munson's children were 4, 7 and 9 when they lost him. At the ages of 46, 50 and 52, they remember him in their separate ways and, as a family, with bittersweet joy. Mike, the youngest ...

Thurman Munson's children were 4, 7 and 9 when they lost him.. At the ages of 46, 50 and 52, they remember him in their separate ways and, as a family, with bittersweet joy. Mike, the youngest ...

Four decades later, it’s still tough to believe there’s no happy ending to the last Thurman Munson story. No miracles. No one pulled the Yankee captain from the burning wreckage of the Cessna ...

The pilot, Yankees captain Thurman Munson, could not be freed before the Cessna twin-engine turbojet burst into flames. The news of the 32-year-old All-Star catcher’s death stunned the baseball ...

Order: Autographed copies of the book are available for $45 at Davies Pharmacy, the J. Babe Stearn Center and Tugboat's Pub, which is operated by Mike Munson at Meadowlake Golf Course, with ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A rare Thurman Munson single-signed baseball has sold at auction for $34,122. The ball, part of the Lelands Summer Classic auction, was graded 8.5 by Professional Sports ...

NEW YORK - A Manhattan auction of Yankees memorabilia will include a Whitey Ford baseball signed by President John F. Kennedy. Thurman Munson's 1978 World Series captain's trophy also will be part ...

Hall of Fame standards: 52.7 Career WAR / 34.2 Peak WAR / 43.4 JAWS) Munson: 45.9 Career WAR / 36.9 Peak WAR / 41.4 JAWS) Munson accumulated a boatload of Cooperstown-worthy credentials during an ...

1979: Many say that Thurman Munson’s death had a long-term effect on the New York Yankees. The World Series drought that followed tells us it did.

Taylor opined that Munson never had the chance to experience the fall-off in production that occurs during a player's middle- and late-30s. Here we go. Munson (1970-79) batted .292/.347/.411 for ...