Here are some currently living and former Yankees…along with what their age will be on their birthday in 2009:
Player 2009 Age Tommy Henrich 96 Virgil Trucks 92 Ken Holcombe 91 Fred Sanford 90 Eddie Robinson 89 Bob Kuzava 86 Jerry Coleman 85 Irv Noren 85 Bobby Brown 85 Cud. Marshall 84 Yogi Berra 84 Bobby Shantz 84 Bob Cerv 83 Luis Arroyo 82 Jim McDonald 82 Gil McDougald 81 Billy Hunter 81 Whitey Ford 81 Ryne Duren 80 Hector Lopez 80 Art Ditmar 80 Don Larsen 80 Bob Turley 79 Tom Sturdivant 79 Bill Skowron 79 John Gabler 79
So many of these guys played for the Yankees in the mid-to-late 1950’s – including the “ring” teams of 1956 and 1958. Makes you wonder…well, at least it makes me wonder…say, come the year 2029 (which is only 20 years from now)…will some Yankees fans be looking back at guys like Chris Chambliss, Willie Randolph, Bucky Dent, Graig Nettles, Roy White, Mickey Rivers, Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella, Sparky Lyle, Goose Gossage, Ed Figueroa and Ron Guidry the way that some Yankees fans today look back at Yogi Berra, Bill Skowron, Gil McDougald, Jerry Coleman, Bob Cerv, Billy Hunter, Don Larsen, Bob Turley, Tom Sturdivant and Whitey Ford?
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