Deaths

Sam Baroudi, 21, boxer, 26 February 1948.

Charles Behan, professional football player, killed in war, 1944.

Charles W. Bidwell, 51, owner of the Chicago Cardinals football team, in Chicago, Illinois, 19 April 1947.

Jack "Chappie" Blackburn, 58, trainer of heavyweight champion Joe Louis and lightweight boxer from 1900 to 1923, Chicago, Illinois, 23 April 1943.

Al Blozis, New York Giant tackle, killed in war, 1945.

Ernest Edward "Tiny" Bonham, 36, baseball pitcher, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1949.

Caleb S. Bragg, 56, automobile racer, 24 October 1943.

William Gibbons Bramham, 72, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues from 1932 to 1946, in Durham, North Carolina, 8 July 1947.

Sam Breadon, 72, owner of the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball club, in Saint Louis, Missouri, 10...

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