Northern League 1933-1971

Birthday Greetings 8-5-23

(to former Northern and major leaguers)

--2023--

John Pregenzer was 88 on Aug 2

Dennis Higgins was 84 on Aug 4

Jerry McNertney was 87 on Aug 7

Mike Poepping was 73 on Aug 7

Junior Kennedy was 73 on Aug 9

John Lewis was 79 on Aug 10

Jim Hughes was 72 on Aug 11

Fred Stanley was 76 on Aug 13

Andre Thornton was 74 on Aug 13

John Matias was 79 on Aug 15

Ernie McAnally was 77 on Aug 15

Cliff Cook was 87 on Aug 20

Bob Speake was 93 on Aug 22

Jose Arcia was 80 on Aug 22

Bill Cowen was 85 on Aug 23

Dooley Womack was 84 on Aug 25

Don Wallace was 83 on Aug 25

Stan Perzanowski is 73 on Aug 25

Jim York was 76 on Aug 27

Tony Gonzalez was 87 on Aug 28

Lou Piniella was 80 on Aug 28

Joel Youngblood was 72 on Aug 28

Hal Stowe is 86 on Aug 29

Frank Funk was 88 on Aug 30

Bob Malkmus was 92 on July 4

Hal Haydel was 79 on July 9

Pete Craig was 83 on July 10

Gene Alley was 83 on July 10

Bob Bailor was 72 on July 10

Scipio Spinks was 76 on July 12

Buzz Stephen was 79 on July 13

Don Bosch was 81 on July 15

Joe Torre was 83 on July 18

Rudy May was 79 on July 18

Gene Locklear was 74 on July 19

Mickey Stanley was 81 on July 20

George Lauzerique was 77 on July 22

Jesse Hudson was 76 on July 22

Bart Zeller was 82 on July 22

Don Lock was 87 on July 27

Frank Bork was 83 on July 30

Horace Clarke was 84 on June 2

Coco Laboy was 84 on June 3

Ron Keller was 80 on June 3

Bob Gallagher was 75 on June 7

George Mitterwald was 77 on June 7

Jimmy Stewart was 82 on June 11

Dave Skaggs was 72 on June 12

Mike Compton was 79 on June 15

Dave Goltz was 74 on June 23

Larry Stahl was 82 on June 29

Bruce Kimm was 72 on June 29

Dave L. Roberts was 88 on June 30

Otis Thornton was 78 on June 30

Bert Thiel was 94 on May 4

Larry Hisle was 76 on May 5

Harry Fanok was 83 on May 11

Tom Timmermann was 83 on May 12

Bill Dailey was 88 on May 13

Rich Reuschel was 74 on May 16

Ozzie Virgil was 90 on May 17

Chris Ward was 73 on May 18

Walt Hriniak was 80 on May 22

Chuck Hartenstein was 79 on May 26

Gary Nolan was 75 on May 27

Dyar Miller was 77 on May 29

John Felske was 81 on May 30

Jack DiLauro was 80 on May 30

Milt Ramirez was 71 on Apr 2

Ed Watt was 81 on Apr 4

Tom Fisher was 81 on Apr 4

Al Bumbry was 76 on Apr 4

Jim Schaffer was 86 Apr 5

Ron Campbell was 83 on Apr 5

John Hiller was 80 on Apr 6

Hal Jones was 87 on Apr 9

Wes Stock was 88 on Apr 10

Ken Griffey was 73 on Apr 10

Arlo Brunsberg was 83 on Apr 15

Chuck Taylor was 80 on Apr 18

Jim Dickson was 85 on Apr 20

John Orsino was 79 on Apr 22

Pat Zachry was 70 on Apr 24

Art DeFreites was 70 on Apr 26

Tom Norton was 72 on Apr 26

Bob Botz was 88 on Apr 28

Ken Retzer was 88 on Apr 30

Mike Johnson was 72 on March 2

Jim Nettles was 76 on March 2

Bruce Miller was 76 on March 4

Doug Bird was 73 on March 5

Cookie Rojas was 84 on March 6

Dan Neumeir was 75on March 8

Darrel Chaney was 75 on March 9

Tom Hilgendorf was 79 on March 10

Bob Watkins was 75 on March 12

Bill Butler was 76 on March 12

Dennis O'Toole was 74 on March 13

Bob Raudman was 81 on March 14

Joe Sparks was 85 on March 15

Cal Browning was 85 on March 16

Pat Jarvis was 82 on March 18

Jim Ollom was 78 on March 18

Steve Blateric was 79 on March 20

Pat Bourque was 76 on March 23

Dave Wissman was 82 on March 23

Bobby Dews was 78 on March 23

Jim Ellis was 78 on March 25

Denny McLain was 79 on March 29

Max Alvis was 85 on Feb 2

Dale Murray was 73 on Feb 2

Wayne Comer was 79 on Feb 3

Steve Brye was 74 on Feb 4

Harvey Branch was 84 on Feb 8

Hal Gilson was 81 on Feb 9

Jim Lawrence was 84 on Feb 12

Dick Hughes was 85 on Feb 13

Will McEnaney was 71 on Feb 14

Willie Kirkland was 89 on Feb 17

Dave Wissman was 75 on Feb 17

Dal Maxvill was 84 on Feb 18

Leo Marentette was 82 on Feb 18

Wynn Hawkins was 87 on Feb 20

Charlie Walters was 76 on Feb 21

Tom Griffin was 75 on Feb 22

Dennis LeMaster was 84 on Feb 25

Don Secrist was 79 on Feb 26

Ray Knight was 71 on Feb 28

Al Autry was 71 on Feb 29

Bob Gebhart was 80 on Jan 3

Ken Reynolds was 76 on Jan 4

Bob Oldis was 93 on Jan 5

Daryl Robertson was 87 on Jan 5

Ed Bauta was 88 on Jan 6

Don Gullett was 72 on Jan 6

Ross Grimsley was 73 on Jan 7

Jesus Hernaiz was 78 on Jan 8

Don Hopkins was 71 on Jan 9

Harry Warner was 87 on Jan 11

Hank Fischer was 83 on Jan 11

Glen Redmon was 75 on Jan 11

George Kernek was 83 on Jan 12

Paul Gilliford is 78 on Jan 12

Larry Jaster was 79 on Jan 13

Bob Galasso was 71 on Jan 13

Sonny Siebert was 86 on Jan 14

Tim Talton was 84 on Jan 14

Tom Robson was 75 on Jan 15

Mickey McGuire was 82 on Jan 18

Dave Leonhard was 82 on Jan 22

Dick Stigman was 87 on Jan 24

Ron Dunn was 73 on Jan 24

Bob Uecker was 88 on Jan 26

Bob Bolin was 84 on Jan 29

Fred Kendall was 74 on Jan 31

--2022--

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Dan Warthen was 70 on Dec 1

Wayne Simpson was 74 on Dec 2

Dave Eilers was 86 on Dec 3

John Papa was 82 on Dec 5

Amado Samuel was 84 on Dec 6

Arnie Umbach was 80 on Dec 6

Rich Coggins was 72 on Dec 7

Darold Knowles was 81 on Dec 9

Jerry Cram was 75 on Dec 9

Rudy Hernandez was 91 on Dec 10

JC Martin was 86 on Dec 13

Ron Taylor was 85 on Dec 13

Tony Taylor was 87 on Dec 19

Walt Williams was 79 on Dec 19

Jack Daniels was 95 on Dec 21

Steve Carlton was 78 on Dec 22

Santo Alcala was 71 on Dec 23

Chris Krug was 83 on Dec 25

Manny Trillo was 82 on Dec 25

Ray Sadecki was 82 on Dec 26

John Braun was 83 on Dec 26

Bruce Brubaker was 81 on Dec 29

Dan Godby was 76 on Nov 4

Jack Whillock was 80 on Nov 4

Ed Olivares was 84 on Nov 5

Tom Carroll was 70 on Nov 5

Minnie Mendoza was 89 on Nov 6

Rex Johnston was 85 on Nov 8

Al Severinsen was 78 on Nov 9

Bob Pfeil was 79 on Nov 13

Larry Harlow was 71 on Nov 13

Leon Brown was 74 on Nov 16

Aubrey Gatewood was 84 on Nov 17

Bud Zipfel was 84 on Nov 18

Tony Balsamo was 84 on Nov 21

Joe Gaines was 86 on Nov 22

Greg Luzinski was 72 on Nov 22

Bill Ott was 82 on Nov 23

Bill Bonham was 73 on Oct 1

Mike delaHoz was 83 on Oct 2

Dave C. Johnson was 73 on Oct 4

Andy Kosco was 80 on Oct 5

Rich Hacker was 74 on Oct 6

Morrie Stevens was 81 on Oct 7

Joeff Long was 80 on Oct 9

Joe Pepitone was 81 on Oct 9

Larry Maxie was 81 on Oct 10

Larry Lintz was 72 on Oct 10

Charlie Williams was 74 on Oct 11

Mike Fiore was 77 on Oct 11

Jim Price was 80 on Oct 13

Jim Palmer was 76 on Oct 15

Scott Northey was 75 on Oct 15

Hugh Yancy was 72 on Oct 16

Jack Baldschun was 85 on Oct 16

Pete Lovrich was 79 on Oct 16

Don Young was 76 on Oct 18

Willie Horton was 79 on Oct 18

Vern Holtgrave was 79 on Oct 18

John Goryl was 88 on Oct 21

Bob Allen was 84 on Oct 23

Pete Mikkelsen was 82 on Oct 25

Don Eddy was 72 on Oct 25

Toby Harrah was 73 on Oct 26

Jim Perry was 86 on Oct 30

Cloyd Boyer was 94 on Sept 1

Rico Carty was 83 on Sept 1

Mel Behney was 75 on Sept 2

Lamar Johnson was 72 on Sept 2

Tom Matchick was 79 on Sept 7

Floyd Wicker was 79 on Sept 12

Tom Parsons was 83 on Sept 13

John Fitzgerald was 89 on Sept 15

Gaylord Perry was 84 on Sept 15

Orlando Cepeda was 85 on Sept 17

Tony Scott was 71 on Sept 18

Bill Champion was 75 on Sept 18

Nardi Contreras was 71 on Sept 19

Roric Harrison was 76 on Sept 20

Pete Hamm was 75 on Sept 20

Jerry Fosnow was 82 on Sept 21

Jim Todd was 75 on Sept 21

Jim Rooker was 80 on Sept 23

Pat Scanlon was 70 on Sept 23

Rich Reese was 81 on Sept 29