Steve Palermo, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Steve Palermo

American broadcaster and baseball umpire

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1949

Date of Death: 14-May-2017

Profession: athlete

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Steve Palermo

  • Stephen Michael Palermo (October 9, 1949 – May 14, 2017) was an umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1977 to 1991.
  • His field career ended when he was shot in the back following his intervention in an altercation outside Campisi's, a Dallas Italian restaurant.
  • He wore uniform number 14 when the American League began using uniform numbers for its umpires in 1980, and the number was never reassigned to another AL umpire until after the AL and NL umpire staffs were unified by MLB in 2000.

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