In three years in the big leagues, Jackie Robinson had become a superstar, despite racial equality developing slowly across ...
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Farewell, Tommy Brown
Brown debuted for Brooklyn at age 16 during World War II, and remains the only player in AL/NL history to homer before ...
Tommy Brown, the only player in AL/NL history to homer before his 18th birthday and the last living member of the historic ...
Tommy Brown, who made history as the youngest Major League Baseball position player of all-time when he made his debut with ...
Tommy Brown, a career utility player and the final living member of the color-barrier-breaking 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, has ...
Born Thomas Michael Brown on Dec. 6, 1927, in Brooklyn, he signed with his hometown ... Brown spent the 1946 season serving ...
Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, died at the age of 97 this week. Brown, who played ...
He played in 46 games for his hometown Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 ... and he missed the 1946 season while serving in the U.S. Army. He returned to baseball in 1947, and played in 169 more games ...