Longtime San Diego Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman died on Sunday after a brief illness. A former All-Star infielder and a Marine Corps pilot who saw combat in both World War II and the Korean ...

On Oct. 2, 1979, the Padres announced a foreign assignment for a familiar voice: Jerry Coleman, their lead radio announcer, would be the latest manager to pilot the young franchise.

Coleman was a Marine Corps combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, which limited his baseball career to nine seasons in the majors. He is best remembered as a Padres broadcaster.

I was with Jerry Coleman years ago in Cincinnati when he met the family members of a Marine pilot he had served with and befriended in Korea. The pilot had died in combat. As Jerry and the widow ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Hall of Fame broadcaster Jerry Coleman, a former second baseman for the New York Yankees who interrupted his pro career to fly as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and Korea ...

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After graduating from Lowell High in 1942, Jerry Coleman traveled three days by train from San Francisco to Wellsville, N.Y., to report to the New York Yankees' Class D affiliate. Still 17, he was ...

SAN DIEGO -- Hall of Fame broadcaster Jerry Coleman, a former second baseman for the New York Yankees who interrupted his pro career to fly as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and Korea, died ...