What is Bob Cerv?
'''Robert Henry Cerv''' (May 5, 1925 &ndash; April 6, 2017) was a former [[Americans|American]] [[baseball]] player. Before his professional career, he was a collegiate baseball and basketball player at the [[University of Nebraska]]. He was born in [[Weston, Nebraska]]. Cerv signed with the [[New York Yankees]] in 1950<ref>{{cite web|last=Keeler|first=Sean|title=Kansas City home run king Bob Cerv just turned 90 -- and he still doesn't miss a trick|url=http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city/story/kansas-city-s-home-run-king-bob-cerv-just-turned-90-and-he-still-doesn-t-miss-a-trick-051415|work=Fox Sports|access-date=17 October 2016|date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> and was a little-used reserve outfielder on the Yankee teams of the early 1950s. Cerv played for the Yankees from 1951 through 1956, again in 1960, and lastly from 1961 through 1962. He also played for the [[Kansas City Athletics]] (1957-1960), [[Los Angeles Angels]] (1961), and the [[Houston Colt .45s]] (1962). Cerv died on April 6, 2017 in [[Blair, Nebraska]] from a [[stroke]], aged 91.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.enterprisepub.com/news/local_news/former-yankee-bob-cerv-dies-at/article_024e35b8-1ba9-11e7-9a2b-5722de6d414d.html | title=Former Yankee Bob Cerv dies at 91 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Baseballstats|br=c/cervbo01}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerv, Bob}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:New York Yankees players]] [[Category:Oakland Athletics players]] [[Category:Houston Astros players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Nebraska]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}