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Irv Noren

American baseball player

Died when: 94 years 351 days (1139 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Irv Noren

Irving Arnold Noren (November 29, 1924 – November 15, 2019) was an American professional baseball and basketball player.He was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1950 through 1960 for the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, St.

Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.He also played for the National Basketball League's Chicago American Gears in 1946–47.

Later in his baseball career, Noren was a minor league manager and the third-base coach of the 1972–73 World Series champion Oakland Athletics.

As a player and coach between 1950 and 1975, Noren was a member of five world championship teams.The last surviving member of the 1952 World Series champion Yankees, he died at his home in Oceanside, California, on November 15, 2019, exactly two weeks before his 95th birthday.

Noren was born in Jamestown, New York, but grew up from the age of 12 in Pasadena, California, where he graduated from high school.

Noren then attended Pasadena City College and played basketball as well as baseball.His collegiate career was interrupted by service in the United States Army during World War II.


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