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The website was reflecting on baseball's previous deaths. This one in the late 50's was a Baltimore Oriole who was flying solo from Easton to what was then Harbor field in Baltimore. The airplane developed engine trouble and crashed into the chesapeake bay. The plane was an Ercoupe and is still in the water today, but has not been located. His body washed up on Rivera Beach, Md. This means his airplane is probably near the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
• Tom Gastall. He was Boston University's 1955 Athlete of the Year, captaining the basketball and baseball teams in his senior year and playing quarterback on the football team. He was drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions, but chose to sign a $40,000 contract instead with the Baltimore Orioles as a "bonus baby" catcher. Gastall played two seasons, catching his last game on Sept. 19, 1956 -- and perishing the next day when the plane he was piloting crashed into the Chesapeake Bay.
• Tom Gastall. He was Boston University's 1955 Athlete of the Year, captaining the basketball and baseball teams in his senior year and playing quarterback on the football team. He was drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions, but chose to sign a $40,000 contract instead with the Baltimore Orioles as a "bonus baby" catcher. Gastall played two seasons, catching his last game on Sept. 19, 1956 -- and perishing the next day when the plane he was piloting crashed into the Chesapeake Bay.