Sports obituaries

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Terry Duerod, a small forward/shooting guard, who played for four seasons in the NBA, died 11/13 at age 64 after a bout with leukemia.

Drafted by Detroit in 1979, he spent that full season as a Piston. In 1980-81, he started the season with Dallas, but then joined Boston and was part of their 1980-81 NBA Championship team.

He stayed with the Celtics for 1981-82, as well, before wrapping up his career in The Association with 5 games for Golden State in 1982-83.

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Rick Baldwin, an RHP for the Mets for 3 seasons, died recently at age 67.

Hurling from the mound for the Mets from 1975-77, he appeared in 105 games...all in relief.

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Ray Daviault, a RHP from Canada whose only season in The Show was with the 1962 Mets, died on 11/6 at age 86.

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Tommy Heinsohn, a lifelong Boston Celtics great who played, coached and also was a game announcer, died on 11/9 at age 86.

Heinsohn is the only man to be associated with the Celtics for all 17 of their NBA Championships. He is also one of only 4 basketball HoFers to be inducted as a player and a coach.

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Howie Meeker, a post-WW2 right wing for the Maple Leafs, died on 11/8 at age 97.

Meeker played for Toronto from the 1946-47 season through 1953-54. He was part of 4 Stanley Cup Championship Maple Leafs squads.

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Jim Hicks, a reserve OF who played for 3 teams over 5 MLB seasons, died at age 80 on 10/29.

Hicks played for the White Sox from 1964-66, left The Show for 2 seasons, and returned with the Cardinals in 1969. Dealt midseason to the Angels, he finished the year there and, in 1970, finished his MLB career.

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Julio Becquer, a 1B-PH for three different AL ballclubs from 1955-63, died on 11/1 at age 88.

Becquer was called up to the original Washington Senators in September 1955, and came up to the bigs to stay in 1957, staying with the Nats through 1960. He split 1961 between the Angels and Twins, and did not play in The Show in '62, but played in one last game for the Twins in September 1963, getting on base and scoring a run.

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Herb Adderley, a HOF DB who played for 2 teams over 12 season in the NFL, died on 10/30 at age 81.

Adderley spent most of his career (1961-69) with the Packers before finishing up with the Cowboys (1970-72). He was on 3 different Super Bowl winners, as well as 5 NFL Championship teams. Selected to 5 Pro Bowl squads, he was also an iron man, not missing any regular season games from 1961-70.

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Jimmy Orr, a receiver who played in the NFL from 1958-70, died on 10/27 at age 85.

Orr's career began with the Steelers, for whom he played through 1960, after which he joined the Colts until retirement. He was named to 2 Pro Bowl squads.

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Jack McMahan, a LHP who split the 1956 season between the Kansas City A's and the Pittsburgh Pirates, died on 10/16 at age 88.

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Tom Yewcic, who played in 1 game for the Tigers in 1957 and was a member of the NCAA 1952 National Champion football team at Michigan State, died on 10/21 at age 88.

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Bill Mathis, a RB in the old American Football League, died on 10/21 at age 81.

While Mathis was originally drafted in 1960 by the Houston Oilers, he was dealt to the New York Titans (later the Jets) prior to the season opener. His career with New York's AFL team ran from 1960-69, and he played for the Jets in Super Bowl 3.

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Matt Blair, a LB who played his entire NFL career with Minnesota,died on10/22 at age 70.

A defensive star from 1974-85, Blair was part of 6 NFC Pro Bowl teams and was named to 1 All-Pro team. He is among the Vikings greats who are remembered in the team's Ring of Honor.

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Mario Henderson, an OT who spent 2007-10 in an Oakland Raiders uniform, died 10/21 at age 35.

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J.W. Porter, a C-OF who played for 5 different ballclubs in the 1950s, died on 10/11 at age 87.

Porter broke in with the St. Louis Browns in 1952. After serving in the military for the next 2 years, he returned to The Show in 1955, remaining there through 1957. He spent time with the Indians in 1958, and called it a career in 1959 after splitting the season between the Senators and the Cardinals.

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