- Dec 4 Red Murray, American baseball outfielder (NL home run leader 1909 NY Giants), dies of acute leukemia at 74
Tris Speaker (1888-1958)
Dec 8 American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1912, 15, 20; AL MVP 1912; career batting average .345 [6th all-time]; Cleveland Indians) and manager (Cleveland Indians 1919-26), dies at 70
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