Bucky Dent and Tommy John are featured guests at this year’s Thurman Munson Scholarship Dinner. The event honors the memory of Munson, a storied 1970s New York Yankees catcher who grew up in Canton ...

KENT — At Yankee Stadium, Thurman Munson’s face long has mingled with Babe Ruth’s and Lou Gehrig’s on plaques in Monument Park. In Canton, the baseball stadium that opened in 1989 as home to Cleveland ...

Diana Munson unveils the stature of her husband, New York Yankees great and Kent State alum Thurman Munson at Kent State University, Sept. 27, 2025.

Bucky Dent and Tommy John will be featured at a dinner honoring Thurman Munson. Dent was Munson's teammate on 1977 and 1978 World Series winners. How to get tickets for the dinner. Bucky Dent and ...

Scenes from unveiling of a Thurman Munson statue at Kent State. Munson went from Canton Lehman to Kent State, New York Yankees stardom. Statue shows Munson in catcher's gear, ready to throw out a ...