Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015

LC control no.	n 94031026
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Banks, Ernest, 1931-2015 Mr. Cub (Baseball player)
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1931-01-31
Death date	2015-01-23
Place of birth	Dallas (Tex.)
Affiliation	Kansas City Monarchs (Baseball team) Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) Young Men's Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago Transit Authority Ernie Banks International (Firm) Live Above and Beyond Foundation Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Profession or occupation	Baseball players Executives Baseball player
Found in	Ernie Banks, c1994: t.p. (Ernie Banks) p. 59 (Ernest Banks; b. 01-31-31; inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977) LC database, 03-30-94 (hdg.: Banks, Ernie, 1931-) Wikipedia website, 21 July 2012: List of baseball nicknames page (Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub) National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website, 21 July 2012: Ernie Banks entry (Ernest Banks; b. Jan. 31, 1931, Dallas, Texas; elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1977) <http://baseballhall.org/hof/banks-ernie> New York times website, 24 January 2015 (Ernest Banks, born Jan. 31, 1931 in Dallas Texas; died Jan. 23, 2015 in Chicago, Ill., aged 83. Ernie Banks, the eternally hopeful Mr. Cub, dies at 83; the greatest power-hitting shortstop of the 20th century and an unconquerable optimist whose sunny disposition never dimmed in 19 seasons with the perennially stumbling Chicago Cubs, died Friday in Chicago.) <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/sports/baseball/ernie-banks-the-eternally-hopeful-mr-cub-dies-at-83.html?_r=0> African American National Biography, accessed December 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Banks, Ernie; Ernest Banks; Major League baseball player, sports marketing executive; born 31 January 1931 in Dallas, Texas, United States; plaid with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League (1950); served and played baseball for the U.S. Army (1951-1953); signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs (1953); led National League first basemen in fielding average (1969); named Most Valuable Player two years in a row (1958 and 1959); was on the National League All Star teams thirteen times (1957-1970); retired (1971); elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1977); Chicago fans selected him the "Greatest Cubs Player" ever and he was named Chicagoan of the Year (1969); worked for the Cubs as coach, Cubs community relations consultant, and spokesman (1973); opened Ernie Banks International, a sports and events marketing firm (1990s); established the Live Above and Beyond Foundation; received a Doctorate in Humanities from Missouri Valley College (1998); was chosen among the hundred "Greatest Chicagoans of the Century" (1999); was named an Illinoisan of the Year (2001); served on the boards of Chicago YMCA, and Chicago Transit Authority; President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013))