Biografia
Larry Doby
- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em18 de junho de 2003 · Montclair, Nova Jersey, EUA (complications from cancer)
- Nome de nascimentoLawrence Eugene Doby
- Altura1,85 m
- Larry Doby nasceu o 13 de dezembro de 1923 em Carolina do Sul, EUA. Era ator e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Esta é Minha Chance (1980), Revolta de um Coração (1949) e 1954 World Series (1954). Foi casado com Helyn F. Curvy. Morreu o 18 de junho de 2003 em Montclair, Nova Jersey, EUA.
- CônjugeHelyn F. Curvy(10 de agosto de 1946 - 19 de julho de 2001) (sua morte, 5 crianças)
- Number 14 jersey with the Cleveland Indians
- Known for his high OPB
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1998. Played for the American League's Cleveland Indians (1947-1955, 1958), Chicago White Sox (1956-1957, 1959) and Detroit Tigers (1959).
- 1948, the year of Larry Doby's arrival in Cleveland to play for the Indians, they won the World Series
- Larry Doby is the first African-American to play in the American League of Major League Baseball. He was called up to play for the Cleveland Indians in 1948.
- State highway 120 in Bergen County, New Jersey, USA is named Larry Doby Highway in his honor.
- Moved from Camden, South Carolina, USA as a youth to live in Paterson, New Jersey, USA
- Kids are our future and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white.
- Part of history? I have no notions about that. I just want to play baseball.
- On facing prejudice: "I couldn't react to situations from a physical standpoint. My reaction was to hit the ball as far as I could."
- The only difference [was] that Jackie Robinson got all of the publicity. You didn't hear much about what I was going through because the media didn't want to repeat the same story.
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