Documenting History via Trading Cards
Monday, December 30, 2019
In Memoriam 2019
Time for the annual look back at the people who appear in my collection that have died during the current year. I am happy to report that the list is smaller this year, with only 37 people present, down from last year's 45. However, like last year, there are some people who appear in my collection but have not been scanned yet.
Sam Bass 1961-2019
Al Bianchi 1932-2019
Arnie Brown 1942-2019
Bob Burrow 1934-2019
Ben Coleman 1961-2019
John Coughlin 1985-2019 (please note that my including him here is just because he is in my collection, not that I'm condoning what he did)
A.G. Dillard 1939-2019
Andre Emmett 1982-2019
Doyle Ford 1933-2019
J.D. Gibbs 1969-2019
Jim Glaser 1936-2019
Danny Grant 1945-2019
Anthony Grundy 1979-2019
John Havlicek 1940-2019
Carl Hill Birthdate unknown-2019
Jim Holt 1944-2019
Harry Howell 1932-2019
Greg Johnson 1971-2019
Junior Johnson 1931-2019
Vaughan Johnson 1962-2019
Red Kelly 1927-2019
Lewis Lloyd 1959-2019
John MacLeod 1937-2019
Johnny Neumann 1950-2019
Matti Nykanen 1963-2019
Ross Perot 1930-2019
Dean Prentice 1932-2019
Jim Reed 1926-2019
Frank Robinson 1935-2019
Bob Rule 1944-2019
Bart Starr 1934-2019
Mike Stefanik 1958-2019
Red Sullivan 1929-2019
Bruce VanderLaan 1952-2019
Rick Wetzel 1956-2019
Glen Wood 1925-2019
Dang, great tribute post. I want to know how you track all that information!
ReplyDeleteDidn’t realize Ross Perot died. Crazy, I am getting old.
It comes from the Trading Card Database In Memoriam page...except for Carl Hill, who they included in the memorial section on the NASCAR awards banquet. I wasn't able to find an obituary for him. That's also how I found out about Rick Wetzel but I found his obit and entered the info into the Database.
DeleteYou got the wrong Mike Cofer,the one that died was a linebacker for the Lions in the late 80s,he had a hand full of Topps cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the catch. I don't really know Football but I knew I had scanned someone with that name. I will remove this person.
DeleteI appreciate this each year, even if I don't know half the folks. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm glad my efforts are appreciated. I obviously don't know everyone either!
DeleteIt's really nice that you do this every year. Racing took a hit. I forgot about our hometown driver.
ReplyDeleteIt was cancer that got him...I didn't find out about it until later. Very little coverage.
DeleteMan, looking over the list at TCDB, there was a lot of shockers in there this year. Jevan Snead really shocked me. Dude was only 32 and I got some stuff signed from him a few years ago. Wrestling took a big hit as always. I'm gonna have to hook you up with cardboard of some of those.
ReplyDelete32 is way too young! I have very little wrestling cards...only soccer has less in my collection. Wait, unless you count MMA. I have only one pack's worth of that that I purchased specifically so I could contribute to every category on the Database.
DeleteI literally have multiple monster boxes full of duplicate wrestling. I was a completist for a long time with the wrestling genre.
DeleteGreat tribute Billy! I only recognized a handful of guys on this list... but they were biggies. I didn't realize Perot passed away. I remember my buddy going all in on him back in 1992 and trying to convince everyone to vote for him. Good times.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the Wild Card card company did...I believe they made a set just for him.
DeleteGood tribute. Definitely a few I didn't know that had passed including Lewis Lloyd. Thanks.
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