The former Major League outfielder Brant Alyea passed suddenly on February 4. At eighty-three years old. Alyea attended Hofstra University to play collegiate basketball. She is originally from New Jersey.
Brant Alyea cause of death
The precise cause of Brant Alyea’s passing has not been made public online.
Brant Alyea obituary information
RIP to minor league slugger Brant Alyea, who smashed a home run off the first pitch he ever saw in the major leagues. The 83-year-old Pennsylvanian passed away at his house on February 4.
Alyea was a player for the Minnesota Twins (1970–71), Oakland Athletics (1972), St. Louis Cardinals (1972), and Washington Senators (1965, 1968–69).
Ryerson, Garrabrant On December 8, 1940, in Passaic, New Jersey, Alyea IV was born. Although he excelled in many sports as a student at Rutherford High School, basketball was his favorite.
He was so talented that Hofstra University offered him a basketball scholarship. Alyea was a talented but erratic pitcher in baseball and football as well as a very excellent hitter.
He was selected as an outfielder for the 1958 All-County Second Team because of his early professional power. He was selected for the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League basketball team’s All-Star squad that same year.
He finished second in the league with 260 points during the season.
