Jerry Kindall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerry Kindall

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 27-May-1935

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 24-Dec-2017

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gerald Donald Kindall (May 27, 1935 – December 24, 2017) was an American professional baseball player and college baseball player and coach.
He was primarily a second baseman in Major League Baseball who appeared in 742 games played over nine seasons between 1956 and 1965 for three MLB clubs.
Then, after his playing career, he became the highly successful head baseball coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats, winning 860 games and three College World Series championships over 24 seasons (1973–1996).Kindall was born in Saint Paul, and graduated from Washington High School before attending the University of Minnesota.
In 1956, as a student-athlete at Minnesota, his Golden Gophers won the NCAA Division I baseball championship; 20 years later, Kindall became the first man to win College World Series titles as both a player and a head coach.
He is also the only batter to hit for the cycle in the history of the College World Series and was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.