Jerry Dean (Jake) Gibbs (born November 7, 1938 in Grenada, Mississippi), is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees as a platoon catcher from 1962 to 1971. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. His strong hit record in 1968 earned him the nickname "Dead-Eye" Gibbs. An All-American quarterback at the University of Mississippi, Gibbs decided instead to go pro in baseball despite being drafted by the AFL's Houston Oilers and NFL's Cleveland Browns in 1961. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational Research University located in Oxford Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville Tennessee. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. He played his final game on September 29, 1971.
During his senior year, Gibbs led Ole Miss to a 10-0-1 record and were voted National Champions in college football according to one poll, the Dunkel Index. The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational Research University located in Oxford In 1995, Gibbs was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football.
In 1972 Gibbs coached an Ole Miss baseball team which won the SEC championship, set an SEC record for consecutive conference wins, and went to Omaha for the College World Series.
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