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7 de oct. de 1991 · Leo Durocher. Position: Manager. Born: July 27, 1905 in West Springfield, MA us. Died: October 7, 1991 in Palm Springs, CA. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 1994. (Voted by Veteran's Committee) Full Name: Leo Ernest Durocher Nicknames: Leo The Lip or Lippy. Pronunciation: \du-RO-sher\ View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
8 de oct. de 1991 · Leo Ernest Durocher was born July 27, 1905, to a railroad family in West Springfield, Mass. In high school, he hustled pool-a vocation that was to color his reputation the rest of his life.
From the Casey Award–winning author of Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick, the first full biography of Leo Durocher, one of the most colorful and important figures in baseball history.Leo Durocher (1906–1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome ...
16 de ene. de 2020 · Leo "The Lip" Durocher was a big name in baseball for decades, and was named to the Hall of Fame in 1994 after his death. Durocher grew up in a French-speaking family in Massachusetts . He wasn't one for school, preferring to frequent local pool halls as a teenager but also building a reputation as a formidable semi-pro baseball player in spite of his smallish size.
Hardscrabble Childhood. Leo Ernest Durocher was born on July 25, 1905 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of George Durocher, a railroad worker. Durocher stopped attending school regularly when he was around age twelve and spent a lot of time as a youth hanging out in local pool halls, becoming a consummate pool player and local pool ...
8 de oct. de 1991 · Leo Durocher knew the highest highs and the lowest lows that baseball had to offer. Durocher, who died Monday at the age of 86, managed the 1951 New York Giants - the ``miracle'' team that overcame a 131/2-game deficit in August to win the National League pennant. He also led the 1954 Giants, who swept Cleveland in the World Series after the Indians set an American League record with 111 ...
October 8, 1991 OBITUARY Leo Durocher, Fiery Ex-Manager, Dies at 86 By THOMAS ROGERS. Leo Durocher, perhaps major league baseball's best example of the win-at-all-costs manager, one who viewed the game not as a challenging pastime for talented athletes but as a sports relative of guerilla warfare, died yesterday in Palm Springs, Calif.
