Jim Tyng
American baseball player
Died when: 75 years 156 days (905 months)Star Sign: Gemini
James Alexander Tyng (May 27, 1856 – October 30, 1931) was known as the first baseball player to wear a catcher's mask while playing for Harvard College in 1877.
The team manager, , received a patent for the mask in 1878.
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