Gene Fowler 1979 Missing Umpire
Fowler is shown umpiring a game for the Illinois State Championship between Midlothian and Kankakee. The photo is from the Southtown Star (Tinley Park, IL) of August 1, 1976. Fowler died in Oak Forest, IL, a suburb of Chicago, in 2009. His only major league game umpired was at Comiskey Park on May 1, 1979.
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