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Leo Durocher was born on 27 July 1905 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), Main Street to Broadway (1953) and Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952). He was married to Lynne Walker Goldblatt, Laraine Day, Grace Dozier and Ruby Hartley.
Oct 12, 1991 · In a red brick church on the side of a gently rising hill, Leo Durocher was remembered Friday morning as a caring yet cantankerous figure, one of baseball's most colorful characters whose place is ...
Nov 13, 2007 · Laraine Day, who died Saturday at 87, was the first glimmer of glamour for Leo Durocher. After a quickie Mexican divorce of her first husband in 1947, the Mormon movie starlet married Durocher, the foul-mouthed New York Dodger’s skipper who up to that point was despised by all but the team’s fans. The pair settled down for a decade or so of ...
Mar 21, 2017 · Durocher was a loudmouthed brawler, lady’s man, fine coach, and coiner of the expression: 'nice guys finish last.'" - The Dayton Daily News "In his new biography, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son, Dickson profiles a man who was constantly getting in trouble on and off the field. The controversial Durocher, known as 'Leo The Lip,' had a ...
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Leo Durocher (1905–1991) was baseball’s all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome, from Prohibition through the Vietnam War. For more than forty years, he was at the forefront of the game, with a Zelig-like ability to be present ...
Apr 14, 2017 · Former Dodgers manager Leo Durocher (left) and Jackie Robinson (right) feuded for decades. (AP) In the best of worlds, Jackie Robinson’s first Major League manager would have been Leo Durocher.
1940-09-16 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot". 1945-06-09 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him. 1947-04-09 Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year for "association with known ...
