Thurman came to the Bronx as a rookie ... who was assuming the role of Munson, outside their home on Britton Street in Jersey City, when the awful news broke on the radio. They, like thousands ...

Thurman Munson never wanted to be famous, or special. One of the reasons he didn’t want to live in North Jersey anymore during the season is that the celebrity got to be too much. He just wanted ...

NEW YORK - At the previous Yankee Stadium, Thurman Munson’s locker – with his pinstriped No. 15 jersey inside – remained untouched, in tribute to the late New York Yankees captain.

Thurman Munson died 40 years ago on Aug. 2 ... who covered the Yankees for the New Jersey Star-Ledger. “I always thought the phrase about being a ‘team leader’ was overdone, but in his ...

Phil Pepe’s tribute to Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 73°F. Friday, June 20th 2025 ... If I drove home to New Jersey, ...

Thurman Munson was on a Hall track — and certainly would’ve put up a comparable career to his eternal rival, Carlton Fisk, had he been given the gift of longevity.

Thurman would want that ... The family tried living in New Jersey for a while, but it couldn't offer the pace and privacy of Canton, so they moved back. Munson cried when his kids were born.

Thurman and Diana Munson agreed they wanted their growing family to go through school back home. The kids' in-season address changed from New Jersey to Stark County. "I remember playing in the ...

One day Thurman Munson and his wife are driving around the suburbs of New Jersey when they turn a corner. Thurman Munson hits his breaks and says, Whoa, I have to live in that house! I'm serious ...

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 ...

August 2, 1979 is the date of one baseball's worst tragedies -- it's the day beloved Yankee catcher Thurman Munson died in a plane crash outside Canton, Ohio. "I get chills all the time," Goose ...

But if there was a moment that crystallized how important sports were to me, it was the death of Thurman Munson. I was 14 years old and hanging out in the family room of our New Jersey home on Aug ...