Athletes Who Died in March 1942

José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)

Mar 8 Cuban World Chess Champion (1921-27), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage provoked by hypertension at 53

  • Mar 26 Jimmy Burke, American baseball third baseman Pittsburgh Pirates; coach World Series 1932 NY Yankees; and manager St. Louis Cardinals 1905, Browns 1918-20, dies at 67