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Liver</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/784/000208160/" class="proflink">Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Baseball<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Twelve times in the World Series<p><b>Father:</b> Elvin Charles Mantle ("Mutt", d. 6-May-1952)<br><b>Mother:</b> Lovell Richardson (d. 1995)<br><b>Wife:</b> Merlyn Johnson (m. 23-Dec-1951, until his death, d. 10-Aug-2009, four sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Mickey Elvin Mantle, Jr. (b. 12-Apr-1953, d. 23-Dec-2000)<br><b>Son:</b> David Mantle (b. 26-Dec-1955)<br><b>Son:</b> Billy Mantle (b. 5-Dec-1957, d. 12-Mar-1994)<br><b>Son:</b> Daniel Mantle (b. 13-Mar-1960)<br><p> High School: Commerce High School, Commerce, OK (1945-49)<br><p> <a href="/honors/155/000108828/">Hickok Belt</a> 1956<br> <a href="/honors/906/000166408/">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)</a> 1956<br> <a href="/honors/903/000166405/">American League MVP</a> 1956<br> <a href="/honors/903/000166405/">American League MVP</a> 1957<br> <a href="/honors/903/000166405/">American League MVP</a> 1962<br> <a href="/honors/351/000044219/">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> 1974<br> <a href="/org/499/000042373/">Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks</a> <br> <a href="/detox/489/000042363/">Betty Ford Center</a> 1994<br> <a href="/event/878/000140458/">Draft Deferment: Korea</a> 4-F (1949)<br> <a href="/event/479/000159999/">Tonsillectomy</a> 1956<br> <a href="/event/221/000218564/">Cholecystectomy</a> <br> <a href="/event/048/000116697/">Liver Transplant</a> 8-Jun-1995<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a>, <a href="/lists/146/000171630/">Hepatitis C</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY</font><br> <a href="/sports/653/000085398/">New York Yankees</a> (1951-68)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/357/000088093/">Baseball (18-Sep-1994)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/639/000084387/">It's My Turn (24-Oct-1980)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/640/000041517/">That Touch of Mink (14-Jun-1962)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/538/000161055/">Safe at Home! (13-Apr-1962)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.themick.com/" target=_blank>http://www.themick.com/</a><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Education of a Baseball Player</i> (<tt>1967</tt>, memoir)<br><i>The Mick</i> (<tt>1985</tt>)<br><p> <b>Appears on postage stamps:</b><br> USA, Scott #4079 (39 cents, issued 15-Jul-2006)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23403"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23403">Mickey Mantle</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=23403" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>