Ex-Orioles OF Pyburn dies

[sox83cubs84]

Jim Pyburn, an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles of 1955-57, died on May 21 at age 78.

Pyburn's only mainstream baseball card appearance was in the 1957 Topps set.


Dave Miedema

[ironmanfan]

Pyburn was also an assistant football coach at the Univ of Georgia for many years. In fact, his son Jeff was a QB there & graces the cover of the 1979 Collegiate Street & Smith annual.

[G1X]

For those of us who grew up in the football-mad South, we knew Jim Pyburn mainly from his football fame. He was an All-America receiver at Auburn and, as ironmanfan mentioned, was a defensive coach for many fine Georgia teams under Vince Dooley.

Pyburn was from my hometown of Birmingham (actually born in adjacent Fairfield where Willie Mays is from), and Pyburn is a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. May he rest in peace.

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
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Always looking for World Football League and Atlanta Falcons jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis game-used items.