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Athletes Who Died in January 1991

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  • Jan 3 Luke Appling, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop, (7 x MLB All Star; AL batting champion 1936, 43; Chicago White Sox), dies of abdominal aortic aneurysm at 83
  • Jan 7 Joe Hicks, American baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
  • Jan 20 Bill Riordon, American tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies
  • Jan 25 Walter "Hoot" Evers, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1948, 50 Detroit Tigers), dies from heart disease at 69
  • Jan 27 Dale Long, American baseball infielder (MLB record 8 HRs in consecutive games 1956; Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs), dies of cancer at 64

Red Grange (1903-1991)

Jan 28 American "Galloping Ghost" of football (University of Illinois, Chicago Bears), dies of Parkinson's disease at 87

Red Grange



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