NEW YORK — Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died Friday. He was 86. Denkinger died at Cedar Valley ...
Former major league umpire Don Denkinger, a Cedar Falls native, spoke to the West Hancock High student body last Wednesday about his career as an umpire and on setting goals. Denkinger umpired in the ...