Brooklyn Dodgers 1947 Season

Brooklyn Native Who Welcomed Jackie Robinson to Dodgers Dies

Last Living Member of Historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Dies at 97

Brooklyn Dodger Tommy "Buckshot" Brown died this morning, after contracting pneumonia while convalescing from a fall, his daughter told me. He was 97, the last living member of the 1947 Dodgers, and the #1 person in the world I wanted to interview. (He was pretty private.) RIP.🧵

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Tommy Brown, Brooklyn teammate of Jackie Robinson and last surviving member of 1947 Dodgers, dies at 97

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League Baseball game, died on Wednesday. Brown was 97 years old and died after contracting pneumonia while recuperating from a fall,

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Dodgers' Brooklyn Native Who Welcomed Jackie Robinson Dies: Report

A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has passed away at age 97.

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Tommy 'Buckshot' Brown, last living member of 1947 Dodgers, dies at 97

He holds distinctions as the youngest player to ever hit a home run in a major league game, and the youngest non-pitcher to ...

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1947: A Year in the Collections

Jackie Robinson made history on April 15, 1947, when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. While winning Rookie of the Year honors and helping the ...

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Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum

He would be paid $5,000 for the season. What happened next is well ... would see the Jackie Robinson Foundation get the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers contract and relinquish its claim to the 1945 ...

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