Wilbur Snapp
Wilbur Snapp | |
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 Snapp in 1985 at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium | |
| Born | August 5, 1920 |
| Died | September 6, 2003 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Stadium organist |
Wilbur Snapp (August 5, 1920 – September 6, 2003) was a self-taught American musician who was the stadium organist for the Clearwater Phillies, a minor-league baseball team, and for the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training, over a period of 20 years.
Snapp served in the Army Air Forces in World War II; he married his wife Janice in 1942. Despite being unable to read sheet music, Snapp taught himself to play the organ at age 35;[1] upon his retirement from operating a music store in Ohio, he moved to Florida and became a ballpark organist for the Clearwater Phillies.[2]
On June 26, 1985 he was ejected from a game at the Jack Russell Stadium for playing "Three Blind Mice" in response to what he thought was a bad call from the umpire, Kevin O'Connor.[3] The umpire pointed up to Snapp, who was sitting at his organ behind first base, then thumbed him out of the game.[1]
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- 1920 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century American organists
- American male organists
- Musicians from Springfield, Ohio
- People from Champaign County, Ohio
- People from South Pasadena, Florida
- Stadium organists
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
- American people of German descent