Larry Zirbel

Lawrence A. Zirbel

• School University of Missouri, Northwest Missouri State University
• High School Algoma High School

• Born June 13, 1921 in Paris, WI USA
• Died May 19, 2008 in Kansas City, MO USA

Biographical Information

Larry Zirbel was a replacement umpire.

Zirbel served in World War II. He was a teacher for 37 years. He officiated baseball, football, basketball and softball in high school and college. He worked in the NFL and was an umpire for Game 2 of the 1984 ALCS with the regular MLB umps on strike. It was not his first experience at the major league level, as during the 1979 umpires' strike, at the start of the season, he had worked 13 American League games. He also worked the 1984 World Junior Championship.

Related Sites

• Larry Zirbel on Retrosheet.org
• Obituary