Willard Wayne Terwilliger (1925 - 2021)

Born 27 Jun 1925 in Clare, Clare, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Feb 2021 at age 95 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States

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Wayne Terwilliger is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Marine Corps 1942-1945

Biography

Wayne Terwilliger is Notable.

World War II

Aug 1942 - Nov 1945: D Company, 2nd Armored Amphibian Battalion

Baseball

Wayne Terwilliger began his professional baseball career in 1948 when he was signed by the Chicago Cubs. He played briefly with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and was traded to the Washington Senators at the end of 1952. The years between 1955 to 1960 saw Wayne shuffle between major and minor league play while signed to the New York Giants and Kansas City Athletics.

Starting in 1961, he coached several major league teams' AAA farm teams until Ted Williams made him third base coach for the Washington Senators in 1969, remaining with the team when the Senators became the Texas Rangers in 1972. After Ted Williams retired as manager, Wayne went back to coaching AAA teams until 1981 when he was again asked to be the Rangers' third base coach.

In 1986, he became the first base coach for the Minnesota Twins, going to both the 1987 and 1991 World Series. At the end of the 1994 season, Wayne "retired" from the major leagues and took a coaching position with St. Paul's new independent league team, the St. Paul Saints.

In 2003, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas and managed the independent Central League and American Association team, the Fort Worth Cats. In 2010, after a 62-year baseball career, Wayne finally retired. When he retired, he was the oldest minor league coach and manager ever, and joined Connie Mack as the second professional baseball manager to manage a team over the age of 80.

Wayne died February 3, 2021 at a hospice in his hometown of Weatherford, Texas. The cause of death was not given.^[1][2][3][4]

Residence

Date: 1930

Place: Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA^[5]

Date: 1935

Place: Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA^[6]

Date: 1940

Place: Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Feb 3, 2021. Wayne Terwilliger, teammates with MLB greats, Rangers coach, Cats manager, dies at 95. https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article248910134.html
2. ↑ The Detroit News, Feb 3, 2021. Wayne Terwilliger, teammates with MLB greats, Rangers coach, Cats manager, dies at 95. https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/4375615001
3. ↑ The New York Times, Feb 3, 2021. Wayne Terwilliger Dies at 95; Baseball Was His (Long) Life. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/sports/baseball/wayne-terwilliger-dead.html
4. ↑ FindAGrave.com; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222202988/wayne-terwilliger
5. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYD-9WD : accessed 17 June 2017), Wayne Terwilliger in household of Ivan Terwilliger, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 11B, line 64, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 983; FHL microfilm 2,340,718.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42Y-4L7 : accessed 17 June 2017), Wayn W Gerwilliger in household of Ivan Gerwilliger, Ward 2, Charlotte, Charlotte City, Eaton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-8, sheet 7B, line 61, family 161, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1747.
7. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42Y-4L7 : accessed 17 June 2017), Wayn W Gerwilliger in household of Ivan Gerwilliger, Ward 2, Charlotte, Charlotte City, Eaton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-8, sheet 7B, line 61, family 161, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1747.

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• https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=terwiwa01
• https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/stats/c-84bbfe07
• https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/wayne-terwilliger/

• Wikipedia: Wayne Terwilliger
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