Michael Malloy "Mike" Colbern was a professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Chicago White Sox during 1978 and 1979. Before playing professional baseball, Colbern was an All-American at Arizona State University In 2003 Colbern and over 1,000 players brought a civil rights action against Major League Baseball, claiming they were discriminated against by being denied pensions while a small number of Negro League players were being given this benefit. A 2006 Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision ruled in favor of Major League Baseball. [More at Wikipedia]

April 19th, 1955 in Santa Monica  /  Died:   Mar 2019 - aged 63