Dave Morehead, 1960s Red Sox pitcher who tossed a no-hitter, dies at 82 – Hartford Courant

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Dave Morehead, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1963-68 and the Kansas City Royals from 1969-70, passed away on Nov. 23. He was 82.

Born in San Diego on Sept. 5, 1943, Morehead signed with the Red Sox after graduating from Herbert Hoover High School. The Red Sox had already struck gold at the school once before; Ted Williams had been the baseball team’s star hitter and pitcher in the mid-1930s. During Morehead’s senior year, Williams returned to Hoover to observe him on the Red Sox’s behalf.

Fellow Hoover alum Ray Boone, who became a scout after finishing his 13-year MLB career with the 1960 Red Sox – and whose grandson currently manages the New York Yankees – signed the newly-graduated Morehead as an amateur free agent in 1961. By 196