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 ...

Photo courtesy of Ed LucasThurman Munson, right, poses with Jersey Journal columnist Ed Lucas, left, at Yankee Stadium. (Journal File Photo) "In one sense there is no death. The life of the soul ...

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, ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watch a WCBS tribute to Thurman Munson on the 10-year anniversary of his death Thurman Munson would spend hours in his office at home, doodling on a legal pad, conducting business and making plans.

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 death was a tragedy. But it crystallized what sports really meant to me. ... I was 14 years old and hanging out in the family room of our New Jersey home on Aug. 2, ...