A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has ...
Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League ...
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 ...
LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson ...
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died.
Nicknamed “Buckshot,” the 6-foot-1 Brown was 16 years, 241 days old when he started at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs on Aug ... Pee Wee Reese and Robinson, whose debut ...
The family tree’s history began with Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray who called games for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White ... and also it was Jackie Robinson Day.
“Buckshot” Brown played in 494 games with the Dodgers, Phillies, and Cubs from 1944-53 ... for the first base job to none other than Jackie Robinson. Brown still played a valuable role ...