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 ...

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.

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 ...

SAN DIEGO – Longtime San Diego Padres baseball announcer Jerry Coleman, who as a player won four World Series rings with the New York Yankees, died Sunday at age 89, Padre officials announced.

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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 ...

Padres history (April 10): Jerry Coleman manages first game after coming down from broadcast booth It has been four decades since Hall of Fame broadcaster spent a season guiding the 1980 Padres.

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 ...

The Padres announced a public memorial service for Jerry Coleman, the war hero, former Yankee World Series MVP and Hall of Fame broadcaster, who died Sunday at age 89. The memorial will be held on ...

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 ...