Walter Alston
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title:
Walter Alston
text:
Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, signing 23 one-year contracts with the team. Regarded as one of the greatest managers in baseball history, Alston was known for his calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes referred to as "the Quiet Man." Born and raised in rural Ohio, Alston lettered in baseball and basketball at Miami University in Oxford. A journe
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American baseball player and manager (1911–1984)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Alston
date created:
2003-11-02T06:49:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:48:31Z
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