Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks

Interment Location Visited Sequence in Graves I Have Visited
Chicago, IL August 17, 2024 98th Baseball Hall Enshrinee visited

Photographed August 17, 2024.

“Let’s play two!”

Photographed August 17, 2024.
Photographed August 17, 2024.
Photographed August 17, 2024.
Photographed August 17, 2024.
Photographed August 17, 2024.
Photographed August 17, 2024.

Fast Facts

Born: January 31, 1931 in Dallas, Texas

Spouses: Mollye Ector Banks (m. 1953-1959); Eloyce Johnson Banks (m. 1959-1981); Marjorie Marie Wardlaw Banks (m. 1984-1997); Elizabeth Ellzey Banks (m. 1997-2015)

Military Rank: Private First Class — U.S. Army

Team: Chicago Cubs (1953-1971)

Most Valuable Player Award: 1958, 1959 (National League)

Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 1977

Presidential Medal of Freedom: Awarded by Barack Obama (2013)

Died: January 23, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Age: 83

Interment: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

Photographed August 18, 2024.
Photographed November 9, 2024.
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