About Turk Lown
Lived 1924 – 2016 (aged 92). Turk Lown was an American baseball player.
Omar Joseph "Turk" Lown (May 30, 1924 – July 8, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of 11 seasons (1951–54, 1956–62) with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. The , Lown received his nickname as a child because of his fondness for eating turkey. He attended and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School. His baseball career was interrupted by World War II, serving in the US Army as an infantryman seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge and receiving the Purple Heart. In November 1950, he was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 draft making his major league debut on April 24, 1951.
Lown died on July 8, 2016, of leukemia.
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Who was Turk Lown?
American baseball player (1924–2016)
When was Turk Lown born?
Turk Lown was born on 30 May 1924 in Brooklyn.
When did Turk Lown die?
Turk Lown died on 8 July 2016 in Pueblo.
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Turk Lown was a baseball player.
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Turk Lown was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Turk Lown. https://biography.guide/turk-lown/
MLA: "Turk Lown." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/turk-lown/.
Chicago: "Turk Lown." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/turk-lown/.
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