1979-Thurman Munson Death Announced During Mets Game

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-On August 2, 1979, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson was killed when he crashed his private plane at the Akron-Canton Airport. News of Munson's death broke while the Mets were playing a doubleheader at Shea Stadium against the Phillies.
-This compilation features clips from the broadcast when Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy learned the news over the wire services, the moment when the announcement was posted on the Shea Stadium scoreboard, and some comments by Murphy and Kiner afterwards. Also included from that day is an early radio report from ABC Entertainment News and a late evening report from CBS News.

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@stevedrums1675 5 лет назад

I was nine years old and cried my eyes out for days. My dad even let me stay up late to watch that Yankees/Baltimore game. He was a Brooklyn dodgers fan, but knew greatness. And he knew Munson was great.

@danswiecki546 4 года назад

I was turning 12 a week later, also cried, enough said

@Dano-jb1ze 2 года назад

I was 15 at the time. Cried for days.

@roopan1968 25 дней назад

I was 10, and I was devastated

@marcsonnenberg623 Месяц назад

I was a Mets fan who had been invited to go to that next game at Yankee Stadium by a friend which was planned before the accident. It was a very somber event. One which I will never forget.

@markravitz1684 3 года назад

Still sends chills down my spine. I remember when I first heard the news that day, eating dinner at my mom's house.

@TempeSoldier123 9 месяцев назад

Wow. What do you remember about the late 70’s and early 80’s?

@fbmg_stagelife3120 2 года назад

My dad was almost 30 and a lifelong Yankee fan at this time...remember him telling me he cried like a child, every so often he gets sad over this. Got him a collectible set of Yankee teams and models, and Mr. Munson sits in the center of one of them. #GoYanksForever

@JackCallSports 2 года назад

My dads birthday was in 4 days He was at a gas station Someone told him Thurman was killed Thought he was joking Saw the TV in the gas station that Thurman died He dropped to his knees and cried for a couple days

@fbmg_stagelife3120 2 года назад

@@JackCallSports sheesh man.

@dawnjensen5615 4 года назад

My dad was a die hard Yankee fan since he was 6. The first time I saw him cry was when Thurman passed away. I was 7..

@jackkitchen737 4 года назад

I thought of this today. I was 13 when it happened, and he was my favorite player. I think it was a Thursday, and the news got out around 7PM or so that evening. I was listening to Pete Franklin's Sportsline on WWE in Cleveland, Ohio. They spoke of "a tragedy that afternoon," but I didn't know what they were talking about. My dad came into my room to tell me what happened. I was devastated. I can still remember it so well, forty years later.

@Steve98NYy12550 3 года назад

This game was actually the first game of a twi night doubleheader. They didn’t do separate admission in those days. The first game started around 5:00-5:30 or so, it was definitely before 6PM when the news broke. I remember watching this in the evening news which aired at 5 and 6 PM in NY

@jeffhodge6624 4 года назад

Wow. Must have really felt weird in that stadium. Everyone at once all feeling the same emotional surge.

@scooteragnew9248 3 года назад

I was ten - I was on a bike with my friend coming home from buying candy at a local store. Another kid came toward us on his bike. He told us Thurman Munson was killed. Still a very distinct memory.

@jeffmeinhardt5247 4 года назад

Hard to believe it's been 40 years. Still remember where I was when hearing about it.

@igorgopshtein9754 Год назад

I was 9 years old, and was listening to this Mets/Phillies game on my small radio, and this was what I remember hearing exactly like it was yesterday. I was shocked, even as a kid to hear this news.

@MustangMike012 4 года назад

I was at Ted Williams camp in Lakeville, Ma. I still remember all the kids from New York crying. I was 10 years old.

@malcolmainspan5036 2 года назад

I was a counselor at a camp in Palmer, MA. Kids from Boston, Providence, Worcester, and Springfield. RedSox fans all. They were stunned and crying. We cancelled all evening activities - no one was in the mood to do anything. Yes, life transcended Munson vs. Fisk.

@dennismacdonald2003 5 лет назад

You I love the Yankees rip Thurman my favorite Yankee ever

@garymerrill5246 5 лет назад

My Dad was ashen-faced when my brother and I came back from the movies. (Nightwing, it was-- we remember these moments) "Wha.. what's " We knew it was bad. "Thurm... Thurman Munson died in a plane crash this afternoon." Dad spoke softly. Up in Livermore Maine, Bretton's Pond during summer vacation. I was nearing my 14th birthday. An indeminal moment of change

@jeffreynegron2708 4 года назад

My father kept that NY Post with the MUNSON title on the cover for years. I wonder if he still has it.

@kascnef 4 года назад

40 years ago today

@swst 3 месяца назад

I remember being 9 years old & when the news broke about his passing it was like time stopped here in NYC, everyone was devastated!!!

@MarkTitus420 2 года назад

Wow, I never knew this. My generation was so deprived of vital information back in the internet-less days. The only thing we had was TV with four channels and many people fighting over what to watch. Munson was a great ball player; that much I knew.

@WaltGekko Год назад

This doubleheader was NOT televised by the Mets/WOR-TV (Channel 9). The only people in the New York area who saw it had to have WPHL-TV (Channel 17) out of Philadelphia on cable (all of Manhattan had that back then along with WSBK-TV (Channel 38) out of Boston when that was the Red Sox TV home).

@WaltGekko Год назад

I remember this doubleheader very well. Back then, WPHL-TV (Channel 17 in Philadelphia) was the Phillies TV station and was seen on cable TV in New York (at least in Manhattan, the other boroughs did not begin getting cable until 1987 or so) and I saw the game on that as this doubleheader was NOT televised by WOR-TV (Channel 9) in New York.

@drowssapma 3 года назад

I heard a story of when Red Sox catcher, and arch enemy Carlton Fisk heard the news, he cried.

@alexanderwinkins7158 2 года назад

Munson and Roger Maris should be in the dam HOF!!!! I think Munson is in, though.

@adamsoboleski6857 Год назад

Fisk was told by a fan walking into Milwaukee's stadium. Fisk thought he was joking. The fan so it was real and it hit Fisk walking in. That's how Fisk found out.

@fafafofo2 4 года назад

I was watching when Lee Mazzilli was at bat.

@salvatoresgobbo3307 3 года назад

My idol and all time favorite player

@OriginalGateKeeper 2 дня назад

I was at that Mets game when the message was posted.

@privatepenguin3137 27 дней назад

I remember this day, I was 10 years old. I grew up in the Boston area and remember the story broke around 5:30pm just as local news were going on the air. When I saw this clip....I figured there is no way this could've broken during a game (starting at 7pm or 7:30pm)....BUT, as I read the description, this was during a double-header, so there was probably a 4pm game and a 7:30pm game...so this makes sense. Terrible day.

@jamesslick4790 3 года назад

Somewhat ironic that the news "broke" during a Mets game. The Pirates and the Yankees were (and are) my favorite teams. The Buccos would go to and take the Series a few months later, But I was STILL upset..... even in October. 😢

@InMotionForAMillion 2 года назад

Why is it ironic?

@stephenmadonna6142 5 лет назад

Phillies Announcers: Rich Ashburn: Harry, I got some terrible news, Thurman Munson has been killed in a plane crash. Harry Kalas: Oh no. Eventually, Joe Torre came out and got the message taken down.

@stevep8445 2 года назад

He tried to get the score taken down as well

@WaltGekko Год назад

Yes. The doubleheader only aired in Philly on WPHL-TV (Channel 17) and only those who got that on cable saw it in the New York area.

@TheBatugan77 6 месяцев назад

I remember that day. It was devastating.

@carljansen6896 8 месяцев назад

I was at work when I got the news. I was devastated and could not finish my shift.

@jeffreyadams207 2 года назад

14 years old, actually came home from babe Ruth baseball practice as a catcher! It was a sad day

@carlosquimtw1080 18 дней назад

I was 14 when that happened. I was playing baseball with my friends, on a hot summer evening.

@HHH-ye1ro 10 месяцев назад

Wow, they stopped the game. So sad.

@kevinallen1699 2 месяца назад

How sad.

@paulsonj72 Год назад

They had the break as the Mets and Phillies were playing a doubleheader that Thursday

@raygordonteacheschess5501 5 лет назад

This shook me. I heard it on channel 11. Then Lytleflew a plane into a building a few blocks from where I grew up.

@jeffreyreyes6800 2 года назад

Gone too soon so sad

@cjprice1700 9 месяцев назад

I was there. RIP The Captain 15

@altfactor 5 лет назад

If I had been the commissioner of baseball, once I learned about Munson's death, I might have ordered all games in progress suspended (to be resumed at a later date, picked-up at the point the game was suspended) and any games not yet started postponed.

@fafafofo2 4 года назад

@Matt Pizzano It was raining and Munson's face was in the rain. something like, "Naw Yuchie, I just don't feel like playing ball today." img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/WashingtonPost/Content/Production/Blogs/comic-riffs/Images/Obit_Gallo_0fb1f-009.jpg?uuid=5e9mmnxIEeCrwU3SJUu-gA

@stevedrums1675 2 года назад

It was a different time. That might happen today, but not then.

@WaltGekko Год назад

@@stevedrums1675 I don't think it would happen as many games can't easily be rescheduled. And back then, it would have been replayed from the beginning, not suspended.

@StatsRob1975 2 месяца назад

Right their were only 6 games that day and none had started yet when Thurman died@@stevedrums1675

@watchout361 3 года назад

SAD!

@johnsantello8515 13 дней назад

Not much in the way of sugar-coating.

@stevedrums1675 2 года назад

Was this game televised?

@epaddon 2 года назад

I believe it was but on Sportschannel rather than WOR-Channel 9.

@WaltGekko Год назад

@@epaddon Actually neither in New York as neither game of that doubleheader were televised (while the Yankees did have games on SportsChannel back then, not every game that wasn't on WPIX-TV (Channel 11) was televised by SportsChannel, I believe the Mets didn't go there until after the 1981 strike). It only aired in Philly on WPHL-TV (Channel 17), which was available to many on cable in the New York area at the time and that is how I saw this doubleheader.

@epaddon Год назад

@@WaltGekko No, the Mets were on Sportschannel in that era starting in 1979 at least. There is a clip "courtesy of Sportschannel" of the moment of silence for Munson before Game 2 of the DH in my other upload of TV news coverage of Munson's death.

@WaltGekko Год назад

@@epaddon Oh okay. I did not remember this game being televised in New York, I saw it via the Phillies as what then was Manhattan Cable had WPHL-TV out of Philly which had that doubleheader. Sportschannel was only available in NYC on what then was Teleprompter, which was north of 86th Street on the east side and 79th Street on the west side of Manhattan. Manhattan Cable would not get Sportschannel for a couple of years at least.

@chuckHart70 19 дней назад

Was 9 and a KC fan during that rivalry. The teams hated each other but a lot of sadness in KC that day for sure. I realized it was bigger than baseball. Very sad still.

@vincentfiore7588 4 месяца назад

Such a shame he was for sure on his way for a hall of fame career. RIP Munson

@sammalone4239 27 дней назад

I was coming home to the Bronx from a day at GREAT ADVENTURE ( N.J) I HEARD IT ON 10.10. .ALSO THE TIME OF ODD AND EVEN GAS ..RAN OUT OF GAS.HAD TO. WAIT TILL MIDNITE TO GET CAR FILLED BACK UP( VINCE LOMARDI STOP STATION ! I WAS 8 YRS OLD

@holdenmcgroin9774 Год назад

They should write a clause in a player's contract. No operation of planes. do it after you retire.

@HHH-ye1ro 10 месяцев назад

It’s much more statistically dangerous to drive a car, then fly a plane.

@TheBatugan77 Месяц назад

@holdyourtongue You should mind your own f'n business, son.

@kingdingaling2469 2 года назад

I love how the New Yankee Stadium still has his locker just how it was Minus The PlayBoy mags But You can go check it in The Yankees HOF So Dope. Only better HOF in Baseball is @ GABP , The REDS HOF It’s SO DOPE.

@Salvatore1268 4 года назад

As a yankees fan, i wish the yankees would have traded Thurman to the Cleveland Indians. This may not have happened if that had happened. Just an awful day

@WaltGekko Год назад

Yeah, but George didn't want to do that as Munson was too valuable to him as a player. Who knows how that would have played out if he had been traded.

@Salvatore1268 Год назад

@@WaltGekko will never know