Yes, ace also played major league baseball, but not with brooklyn. In two years the dodgers will leave brooklyn for the riches of california. Nfls brooklyn dodgers pro football hall of fame official site. Brooklyn dodgers baseball vintage sports memorabilia for sale. Brooklyn dodgers football records 19301944, 19461948. The brooklyn dodgers by stan grosshandler a recent article mentioning the brooklyn dodgers resulted in a call from the editor asking if indeed there had ever been a football team by this name. To paraphrase the famous christmas poem, yes virginia, there once was a brooklyn dodger team in the nfl. Popular dodgers books meet your next favorite book. Rob loudgetty imagesmarty markowitz, president of the borough of brooklyn, displays a brooklyn dodgers cap in 2007. If nixon was good at football, history might be different, here.
In the winter of 194748, the baseball dodgers team president and general manager branch rickey and owners john l. The brooklyn dodgers played their final game at ebbets field on september 24, 1957, which the dodgers won 20 over the pittsburgh pirates. The 1955 world series matched the brooklyn dodgers against the new york yankees, with the dodgers winning the series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. The brooklyn dodgers were originally know as the bridegrooms, and trolly dodgers. May 06, 2011 rob loudgetty imagesmarty markowitz, president of the borough of brooklyn, displays a brooklyn dodgers cap in 2007. Oct 23, 2012 in honor of major league sports returning to brooklyn for the first time since the dodgers played their final game at ebbets field on sept. As a brooklynite, we were very proud to design the cyclones stadium, gordon. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers is not one of those books. That 1955 championship was, by the way, at a time when new york had three major league teams.
Then, naturally, stevens became head coach of footballs brooklyn dodgers. Set against a backdrop of sporting passion and rivalry, and appearing over thirty years after the dodgers last season in brooklyn, this engrossing book offers new insights into the power struggles existing in the nations two largest cities. Also included is the story of brooklyns first entry in the nfl. Ebbets field and the story of the brooklyn dodgers by bob mcgee.
This work, which picks up where the authors previous book, the brooklyn dodgers in the 1940s mcfarland, 2005, left off, covers the dodgers final eight years in brooklyn. The dodgers were his nfl team, one he transformed from perennial losers. Brooklyn boston yanks 1945 home game at yankee stadium 1021 t new york giants ys 33,1 dan topping, the brooklyn dodgers owner and most of its players went into the allamerica football conference as the new york yankees, the brooklyn n. Relive all the greatest moments of the blue crew with this fine piece of dodgers memorabilia. In bums, bestselling author peter golenbock has compiled a fascinating oral history of the ebbets field heroes with recollections from former players, writers, frontoffice executives, and faithful fans. Walter omalley would be viewed as the villain for years, but a documentary nearly 50 years later, would all but clear his name and expose robert moses as the true culprit for the dodgers leaving brooklyn. Philadelphia phillies at brooklyn dodgers box score, august. Chapters carry the reader from the 1951 playoffs, when a late season collapse and thomsons shot heard round the world dealt brooklyn a heartbreaking blow. The brooklyn dodgers professional football researchers. Brooklyn dodgers baseball vintage sports memorabilia for. The brooklyn dodgers were a football team that played one season in the minor continental. Nov 27, 2016 in 1946, another brooklyn dodgers football team sprung up and played in the allamerica football conference, a competitor to the nfl. New listing jackie robinson 8x10 photo brooklyn dodgers 6 w.
A couple of decades later, roger kahns book the boys of summer and. A leftys legacy by jane leavy, the boys of summer by roger kahn, th. Brooklyn dodgers primary logo on chris creamers sports logos page sportslogos. The dodgers became an nfl franchise in 1930 when a brooklyn businessman by the name of john dwyer purchased the leagues dayton triangles franchise and moved it to new york. Brooklyn dodgers logo on chris creamers sports logos page sportslogos. The brooklyn football dodgers have long been forgotten except by the most ardent fans. Brooklyn dodgers primary logo national league nl chris. Flanker bob reed and defensive tackle dick herzig earned allleague honours. The brooklyn dodgers were an american football team that played in the national football league from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the brooklyn tigers. The football dodgers finished with a 59 record, last place in the fiveteam eastern division.
The team played its home games at ebbets field of the baseball national league s team, the brooklyn dodgers. The best team money can buy by molly knight, sandy koufax. In 1945, because of financial difficulties and the increasing scarcity of major. This is an example of a 1955 dodgers team ball with clubhouse signatures he came into the organization as a favor to his uncle pete, a brooklyn politician in the early 1940s. The brooklyn dodgers in jersey city society for american baseball.
Brooklyn had lost its main identity, and the borough has never recovered. This volume brings to life the history of the teams that played in the national football league and in the allamerican football conferencethe other bums. Godin tackles such a club, the brooklyn football dodgers, that operated from 19301943 they were the tigers in 1944 and played their home games at ebbets field. His 1972 book about his beloved brooklyn dodgers, acknowledged as a classic, was, like many of his 20 or so other books, steeped in memories of his boyhood. Brooklyn dodgers stats, statistics and information, including scores, schedules, results, rosters and standings. From 19201929 the franchise was the dayton oh triangles, until brooklyn businessmen william b. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers by peter golenbock or the greatest ballpark ever. Brooklyn dodgers vintage sports programs for sale ebay.
The brooklyn dodgers are one of the most popular and most beloved baseball teams of all time. The club was sold three years later to chris cagle and john shipwreck kelly but one year later was sold again to dan topping. Smith and walter omalley purchased the team as noted in our own jon weismans book. Philadelphia phillies at brooklyn dodgers box score. Also includes marty glickman interview with tommy henrich. Sep 17, 2004 in a compelling, insightfully written narrative and more than two hundred unforgettable photographs, many never before seen, the dodgers. Several cofl teams established farm team relationships with semipro clubs in 1966. Two different incarnations of a brooklyn dodgers football team one in the nfl and. A virtual museum of sports logos, uniforms and historical items. Unfortunately, many historical sports books dont deliver on this. This book is a collection of writings about them, arranged chronologicallynews reports, articles and excerpts from both fiction and nonfiction works by some of the best baseball writers of the past sixty years. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers by peter golenbock.
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