About Cal Drummond
Lived 1917 – 1970 (aged 52). Cal Drummond was an American baseball umpire, baseball player and umpire (baseball).
Calvin Troy Drummond (June 29, 1917 – May 3, 1970) was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League (AL) from 1960 to 1969.
Biography Drummond was born in 1917 in Ninety Six, South Carolina. He attended the Al Somers Umpire School. Drummond umpired 1,357 Major League Baseball (MLB) games in his ten-year career. He umpired in the 1966 World Series and the 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
During a 1969 game, Drummond was struck in the head with a foul ball. He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. After the procedure, Drummond was unconscious for around two weeks. Merle Anthony was hired by AL president Joe Cronin as his replacement. He recovered, but he was unable to obtain medical clearance in time for the beginning of the 1970 MLB season. His death was later determined to have resulted from a cerebral infarction, a stroke caused by decreased blood flow to an area of the brain.
Drummond and his wife Elizabeth had been married since 1938.
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Who was Cal Drummond?
baseball umpire
When was Cal Drummond born?
Cal Drummond was born on 29 June 1917 in Ninety Six.
When did Cal Drummond die?
Cal Drummond died on 3 May 1970 in Des Moines.
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Cal Drummond was a baseball umpire, baseball player and umpire (baseball).
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Cal Drummond was American.
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