Thurman Munson

On this date in 1978, Thurman Munson perishes at age 32 at Canton, Ohio in a crash of a plane he was piloting.

"I'm a little too belligerent. I cuss and swear at people. I yell at umpires and maybe I'm a little too tough at home sometimes. I don't sign as many autographs as I should and I haven't been very good with writers."