JFK+50 TOP POST #6
Knoxville, Tennessee (JFK+50) Today we continue a review of the ten most popular posts of our JFK+50 blog since we began in November 2010. This review will include updates and revisions of the original posts.
BABE RUTH SIGNED BY YANKEES
January 5, 2011, New York City (JFK+50) 91 years ago, January 5, 1920, the New York Yankees
Ruth would go on to become the most famous baseball player in history. "The Bambino" hit 54 home runs in 1920, 59 in 1921, and a record 60 in 1927.
DEATH OF BABE RUTH
New York City (JFK+50) George Herman Ruth, better known as "Babe", died on August 16, 1948. The flag at Yankee Stadium, "the House That Ruth Built," was lowered to half-staff.
Two years earlier, "Mr. Baseball," had been diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his neck and had been undergoing experimental treatment since that time.
The Babe Gives His Autobiography
to Yale University
Received by George H.W. Bush
The most famous player in the game, known by various nicknames, including "Bambino" and "Sultan of Swat", was 53 years old at the time of his death.
His body lay in repose at Yankee Stadium while the funeral service was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Burial was in the Cemetery of the Gates of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York.
Grave of Babe Ruth
Cemetery of the Gates of Heaven
Hawthorne, New York
Photo by Anthony 22 (2004)
*George Herman Ruth (1895-1948) was born in Baltimore, MD. His parents were German-American. Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys and was signed to play baseball in the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1914. He was soon traded to the Boston Red Sox as a star pitcher and hitter.
Babe Ruth played in the Major Leagues from 1914-1935 and for the New York Yankees from 1920-1935. In his last year of baseball, 1936, he played for the Boston Braves. Ruth was one of the first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
