Bill Werber Passes Away at 100

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Posted By: James Feagin

Learned tonight that Bill Werber, the last living teammate of Babe Ruth passed away today at age 100. Werber was a three time stolen base champ, the first player ever to appear in game action on live TV, and was the first All-American basketball player at Duke. With his passing, only Linus Frey is still living from the 1934 Goudey set. Additionally, there are now no living players from the 1934-36 Diamond Stars set. R.I.P. Mr. Werber, you were a great one.

James

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

RIP Bill.

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Posted By: James Feagin

The son of Bill Werber (who is in his late 70's) said that his pop died of "old age". Nice way to go!

James

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Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

By every account, he was a great guy, and always accommodating to us collector types.

Rest in peace.

-Al

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Posted By: Glenn

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

He was gracious with fans. Happy to sign for a collector. A great ambassador for the sport. Seemed to be a genuinely nice fellow.

Not that his family would see this board, still we should hope they find comfort as they come to terms with his passing.

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Posted By: doug goodman

Rest in peace, Mr. Werber

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Posted By: Neal

Just read this! Sad to hear but he lived a wonderful life I am sure! Hope I make it to 100!

RIP Mr.Werber

God Bless!

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Posted By: Richard Cline - RC

It's always tough when we lose someone who relates to those of us on this board. Billy Werber seemed to have many positive qualities that endured his entire life.

What a life it was..... 100 years old, not only played MLB but played with the likes of the Babe and Gehrig and other HOF's, became a millionaire, and most importantly it appears that he maintained a close and positive relationship with his family.

May he rest in peace.

RC

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Posted By: barry arnold

my condolences and deepest sympathy to family and friends,

Barry

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Posted By: barrysloate

Now get this- last weekend I listed my copy of Speed Johnson's 1933 "Who's Who in Major League Baseball" on ebay. Since my wife was scanning it, I turned to the page with Bill Werber to show her that he was 100 years old and the last survivor in the entire book. Now he is gone. How do you explain such strange occurrences?

My condolences to his family and to the baseball world.

Edited to add since Linus Frey is still living, he is in fact the last survivor pictured in the book. Still a strange coincidence.

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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

Barry, that is kinda spooky huh?

100 years, we should all be so lucky.

My grandma is approaching the century mark and there is nothing more enjoyable for me than getting her to talk about her life. I only wish I had started asking her 25 years ago!

Marty

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Posted By: sean

I started getting goudeys signed in the mail in 1988 when I was 13. Most everyobe had passes away by 2000 so i stopped trying. Then last year I got got Billy Werber one more time. It was so much fun getting back an old card like that signed by a player on it. Helped me relive old times (even if my old times were only 20 years before).

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Posted By: Jimmy

god bless "Billy"

Jimmy

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Posted By: Anonymous

I just finished re-reading Werber's book "Memories of a Ballplayer", an interesting book that really shows how he totally enjoyed his life in and out of baseball.

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Posted By: dan mckee

Wasn't he from Baltimore?

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Posted By: Alan

He grew up in the College Park area I believe. Around his 100th birthday in the summer, I wrote to him & got an autograph !!!