deaths
February 6, 1951
Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1882)
Gabby Street
Charles Evard "Gabby" Street, also nicknamed "the Old Sarge", was an American catcher, manager, coach, and radio broadcaster in Major League Baseball during the first half of the 20th century. As a catcher, he participated in one of the most publicized baseball stunts of the century's first decade. As a manager, he led the St. Louis Cardinals to two National League championships (1930–31) and one world title (1931). As a broadcaster, he entertained St. Louis baseball fans in the years following World War II.