Remembering Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks

A collection of rememberances for Cubs great and ambassador to baseball, Ernie Banks.

Chicago Cubs great and ambassador to baseball Ernie Banks passed away on Friday at the age of 83. Banks spent his entire 19-year career with Chicago, earning two NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star Game appearances.

Though Banks never made it to the postseason, his contributions to the game and the people who love it are lasting, and on Friday night a number of Chicago figures and notable people from throughout the sports world took to twitter to remember the inimitable Mr. Cub.

• COHEN: Looking back at the career of Mr. Cub Ernie Banks

• Ernie Banks receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

• "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks on the cover of Sports Illustrated

Classic SI Photos of Ernie Banks

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1956

John G. Zimmerman/SI

Ernie Banks makes the tag on Jim Gilliam of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1962

Hy Peskin/SI

1962

Hy Peskin/SI

Ernie Banks sits with Billy Williams, George Altman and Ron Santo in the dugout.

1964

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1969

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1969

Tony Triolo/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

Ernie Banks and Pete Rose on first base.

1969

John D. Hanlon/SI

Ernie Banks catches a throw to first for an out on Manny Mota.

1969

Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

1970

Tony Triolo/SI

1995

John Iacono

Ernie Banks hugs Cal Ripken Jr. after Ripken tied Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games played.

1996

Ronald C. Modra/SI

Ernie Banks hugs Ted Williams during the 500-hitters reunion.

1999 All-Star Game

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2001

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

2004

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2007 NLDS

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2014

Mila Samokhina/SI

2014

Mila Samokhina/SI

2014

Stephen Green/SI

Ernie Banks Statue at Wrigley Field

Todd Rosenberg/SI

- Christopher Woody