American baseball player and manager (died 2014)

Jerry Coleman

Gerald Francis Coleman was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated Press, and was an All-Star in 1950 and later that year was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Yankees teams on which he was a player appeared in seven World Series during his career, winning five times. Coleman served as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and the Korean War, flying combat missions with the VMSB-341 Torrid Turtles (WWII) and VMA-323 Death Rattlers (Korea) in both wars.

Born

1924

September 14

Died

Living

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1920s

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1924 Born

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The world in 1924

When Jerry arrived

april 1 Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
april 1 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
april 13 A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople.
april 24 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).

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Jimmy Carter 1924–2024 American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924) George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018) Abioseh Nicol 1924–1994 Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994) Brian Bevan 1924–1991 Australian rugby league player (died 1991) Bulat Okudzhava 1924–1997 Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924) Carroll O'Connor 1924–2001 American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001) Charlie Callas 1924–2011 American actor and comedian (died 2011) Colleen Dewhurst 1924–1991 Canadian-American actress (born 1924) David Bronstein 1924–2006 Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (born 1924)

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