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Honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers Alive as of January 3, 2015
An annual tradition in this blog is to update the list of Brooklyn Dodger players alive.
In 2014, we lost the following Brooklyn Dodgers: Charlie Osgood, Charlie kress, Don Zimmer, Dick Teed, George Shuba, Pat McGlothin and John Pierre Roy.
We now have 31 surviving Broklyn Dodger players. Mike Sandlock is the oldest one. He will turn 100 on October 17. The youngest one is now Bob Aspromonte who will turn 76 on June 19. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Aspromonte at the SABR convention in Houston in 2014.
Here is the list of the 31 surviving Brooklyn Dodger players:
Name | Birthplace. | Born | Uni# |
Mike Sandlock | Old Greenwich, CT | 10/17/1915 | 1, 4 |
Ray Hathaway | Grinville, OH | 10/13/1916 | 22 |
Lee Pfund | Oakpark, IL | 10/10/1919 | 14 |
Luis Olmo | Puerto Rico | 10/11/1919 | 21 |
Marv Rackley | Seneca, SC | 7/25/1921 | 35 |
Eddie Basinksi | Buffalo, NY | 11/4/1922 | 3 |
Tim Thompson | Coalport, PA | 3/1/1924 | 21 |
Johnny Rutherford | Ontario, CN. | 5/5/1925 | 15 |
Wayne Terwilliger | Clare, Mi. | 6/27/1925 | 34 |
Chris Haughey | Astoria, NY. | 10/3/1925 | 14 |
Ralph Branca | Mount Vernon, NY | 1/6/1926 | 13,20,28 |
Bob Borkowski | Dayton, OH | 1/27/1926 | 27 |
Randy Jackson | Little Rock, AR | 2/10/1926 | 2 |
Don Newcombe | Madison, NJ | 6/14/1926 | 36 |
Bobby Morgan | Oklahoma city. OK | 6/29/1926 | 2 |
Carl Erskine | Anderson, IN | 12/13/1926 | 17 |
Rocky Bridges | Refugio, TX | 8/7/1927 | 9 |
Tommy Lasorda | Norristown, PA | 9/22/1927 | 2,27,29 |
Tommy Brown | Brooklyn, NY | 12/6/1927 | 9 |
Joe Landrum | Columbia, SC | 12/13/1928 | 19 |
Joe Pignatano | Brooklyn, NY | 8/4/1929 | 58 |
Roger Craig | Durham, NC | 2/17/1930 | 38 |
Ron Negray | Akron, OH | 2/26/1930 | 38 |
Glenn Mickens | Wilman, CA | 7/26/1930 | 46 |
Ed Roebuck | East Millboro, PA. | 7/3/1931 | 37 |
Fred Kipp | Iqua, KS | 10/1/1931 | 26 |
Chico Fernandez | Cuba | 3/2/1932 | 3 |
Jim Gentile | San Francisco, CA | 6/3/1934 | 38 |
Don Demeter | Oklahoma City. OK | 6/25/1935 | 2 |
Sandy Koufax | Brooklyn, NY | 12/30/1935 | 32 |
Bob Aspromonte | Brooklyn, NY | 6/19/1938 | 28. 34 |
Gentlemen: May you have a healthy 2015!
Honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers players Alive in 2013
We lost two Brooklyn Dodgers in 2012 so we have 42 Brooklyn Dodgers alive as of 2013.
Here is Mike Sandlock, the oldest Brooklyn Dodger holding a 1945 picture
Here is the updated list with a new column for Uniform number:
Name | DOB | Birthplace | Uniform # |
Mike Sandlock | 10/17/1915 | Old Greenwich,CT | 1, 4 |
Ray Hathaway | 10/13/1916 | Grinville, OH | 22 |
Lee Pfund | 10/18/1919 | Oak Park, IL | 14 |
Luis Olmo | 10/11/1919 | Puerto Rico | 21 |
Jean-Pierre Roy | 06/26/1920 | Montreal, Canada | 34 |
Pat McGlothin | 10/20/1920 | Coalfield, TN | 23 |
Andy Pafko | 02/25/1921 | Boyceville, Wi | 22,48 |
Marv Rackley | 07/25/1921 | Seneca, SC | 35 |
Chuck Kress | 12/09/1921 | Philadelphia, PA | 5 |
Eddie Basinski | 11/04/1922 | Buffalo, NY | 3 |
Don Lund | 05/18/1923 | Detroit, MI | 40 |
Tim Thompson | 03/01/1924 | Coalport, PA | 21 |
George Shuba | 12/13/1924 | Youngstown, PA | 8 |
Johnny Rutherford | 05/05/1925 | Ontario, Canada | 15 |
Wayne Terwilliger | 06/27/1925 | Clare, MI | 34 |
Chris Haughey | 10/03/1925 | Astoria, NY | 14 |
Ralph Branca | 01/06/1926 | Mount Vernon, NY | 13,20,28 |
Bob Borkowski | 01/27/1926 | Dayton, OH | 27 |
Randy Jackson | 02/10/1926 | Little Rock, AR | 2 |
Dick Teed | 03/08/1926 | Springfield, MA | 37 |
Don Newcombe | 06/14/1926 | Madison, NJ | 36 |
Bobby Morgan | 06/29/1926 | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 |
Charlie Osgood | 11/23/1926 | Sommerville, MA | 20 |
Carl Erskine | 12/13/1926 | Anderson, IN | 17 |
Preston Ward | 07/24/1927 | Columbia, MO | 36 |
Rocky Bridges | 08/07/1927 | Refugio, TX | 9 |
Tommy Lasorda | 09/22/1927 | Norristown, PA | 2,27,29 |
Tommy Brown | 12/6/1927 | Brooklyn, NY | 9 |
Joe Landrum | 12/13/1928 | Columbia, NC | 19 |
Joe Pignatano | 08/04/1929 | Brooklyn, NY | 58 |
Roger Craig | 02/17/1930 | Durham, NC | 38 |
Ron Negray | 02/26/1930 | Akron, OH | 38 |
Glenn Mickens | 07/26/1930 | Wilman, CA | 46 |
Don Zimmer | 01/17/1931 | Cincinnati, OH | 23 |
Ed Roebuck | 07/03/1931 | East Millboro, PA | 37 |
Fred Kipp | 10/01/1931 | Iqua, KS | 26 |
Chico Fernandez | 03/02/1932 | Cuba | 3 |
Jim Gentile | 06/03/1934 | San Francisco, CA | 38 |
Don Demeter | 06/25/1935 | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 |
Sandy Koufax | 12/30/1935 | Brooklyn, NY | 32 |
Bob Aspromonte | 06/19/1938 | Brooklyn, NY | 28,34 |
Rod Miller | 01/16/1940 | Portland, OR | 50 |
ref: SABR, Baseball Reference, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers guide, Pic from Greenwichtime.com