John Thayer
Cricket Player
1862 – 1912
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Who was John Thayer?
John Borland Thayer, Jr. was a first-class cricketer and later a Pennsylvania Railroad vice president, who died shortly before his 50th birthday in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. He is the only known first-class cricketer to have died aboard the ship.
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- Born
- Apr 21, 1862
Philadelphia - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Apr 15, 1912
RMS Titanic
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on July 23, 2013
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