The Pennsylvania home where Yankees great Reggie Jackson spent his childhood was demolished Monday.
Cheltenham Township officials said a parking lot will replace the house where the 78-year-old Hall of Famer was raised, according to Philadelphia-area outlet Glenside Local. A commemorative plaque and part of a wall that’s been relocated will reportedly pay homage to the historic site. Plans to raze the abandoned property have reportedly been in the works since 2022.
Former New York Yankee Reggie Jackson’s childhood home in Pennsylvania was demolished Monday. (Google)
Jackson’s former house stood at 149 Greenwood Ave. in Wyncote, roughly 100 miles southwest of Yankee Stadium where his heroic exploits at home plate earned him the nickname “Mr. October.”
The Cheltenham School District recalls Jackson as a star in baseball, football, basketball and track before his 1964 graduation. He earned the Cheltenham High School Holden Award for football en route to a sports scholarship at Arizona State University.
Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees swings against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1977 World Series at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
The 14-time All-Star left Pennsylvania to play football in Tempe, Ariz., but quickly shifted his focus to baseball. Jackson went on to star for several major league teams including the Yankees, where he played from 1977 to 1981.
Jackson was born in Abington, Pa., but calls Wyncote his hometown. On his website, he sentimentally remembers both places as small towns where everyone knew each other.
Wyncote was “a place where you could borrow sugar and eggs from the neighbor and where milk was delivered on the front porch,” Jackson recalls.
His dad ran a tailor shop from the family’s Greenwood Ave. home when the hard-hitting left-hander was growing up, according to PhillyVoice.
Jackson boasted that in junior high school he once hit a blistering .800 on the season.
“Of course I had the long ball going back then too,” he notes on reggiejackson.com.
Jackson finished his major league career with a .262 batting average, but is known for belting 563 home runs including three dingers in the 1977 World Series. He remains the major league’s 14th leading home run hitter.
The Yankees retired his No.44 jersey in 1993.
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