Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson, who integrated Major
League Baseball in 1947, was born to a sharecropping
family in Cairo, Georgia, on this day in history, Jan. 31,
1919.
His fight for racial equality and his exploits on the field
of play made him the first athlete in North American
sports to have his jersey number (42) retired by every
team in his game. (FOXNEWS)
On January 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected its
first members in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth,
Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson.
On January 19, 1972, 36-year-old Sandy Koufax, the former Los
Angeles Dodgers star, became the youngest player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "This is the only thing that’s made having
to retire early a little easier," says Koufax, who retired at age 30.
"This is the biggest honor I’ve ever been given, not just in baseball,
but in my life." Koufax made his Major League Baseball debut in
1955.
Sanford Koufax (Sanford Braun) turned 87 December 30th.
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Roger Eugene Maris
(September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985)
Maris was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1983.
In response, Maris organized the annual Roger Maris
Celebrity Golf Tournament to raise money for cancer
research and treatment.
Maris died of the disease at age 51 at M.D. Anderson Hospital
in Houston, Texas. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery
in Fargo, North Dakota.
(Fox News) – Mickey Mantle, the late great New York Yankees
legend who won seven World Series titles and three MVP
awards with the organization, is having a great year when
it comes to his memorabilia.
On Saturday, the bidding for Mantle’s signed and handwritten
"lewd" Yankees questionnaire ended. One of the most historical
pieces in the Mantle collection sold for $242,788.80, according
to Lelands auction house.
Mickey Charles Mantle
(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)
