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Gwynn was born in Los Angeles, California, to Charles and Vendella Gwynn, [3] who originated from Gallatin, Tennessee. [4] [5] Charles excelled at sports, preferring football and baseball which he played in high school, and was also very passionate about history and politics; he spent the majority of his young adulthood in the 1950s serving for the U.S. Army.
Gwynn is the son of baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn Sr., who died of salivary gland cancer on June 16, 2014, and Alicia Gwynn. He is also the nephew of Chris Gwynn, and brother of musician Anisha Nicole. [26] [27] Gwynn and his wife Alyse Mallek have four children; three daughters Makayla, Jordan and Leighton and a son, Anthony Keith III. [28]
He also dedicated time to the National Spit Tobacco Education Program, which was being run by friend and former Major League player, Joe Garagiola. Tuttle died on July 27, 1998, after a 5-year battle with cancer. [32] Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn died of salivary cancer on June 16, 2014. He claimed the cancer was linked to his lifetime ...
By BERNIE WILSON SAN DIEGO (AP) -- There were two certainties about Tony Gwynn: He could hit a baseball like few other major leaguers, and he was going to laugh. Gwynn was a craftsman at the plate ...
Since Musial's retirement in 1963, Tony Gwynn has been the only player to finish his career with a higher lifetime batting average. Hank Aaron has been the only player to surpass his record of 6,134 total bases. [153] In Musial's 3,026 major league appearances, he was never ejected from a game. [154]
Tony Gwynn's family finally reached a settlement in their long-standing wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company.
Tony Gwynn‡, 3rd round, 58th overall by the San Diego Padres; Sid Fernandez†, 3rd round, 73rd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers; David Cone†, 3rd round, 74th overall by the Kansas City Royals; Curt Young, 4th round, 92nd overall by the Oakland Athletics; Paul O'Neill†, 4th round, 93rd overall by the Cincinnati Reds
Perhaps the biggest indication that Tony died was in the 2024 documentary Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos, when Chase referenced a scene in the second episode of the third season. In the ...