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Oct 31, 2023 · He left behind a wife, a son, three daughters and millions of admirers. Palm Beach Gardens resident Gil Hodges Jr. in August 2021 when his father, the late Gil Hodges, was inducted into the New York Sports Hall of Fame (Instagram) Fifty years later, the golf course, hotel and ballpark are long gone, replaced by townhomes and a Home Depot.
Gil Hodges. Gilbert Raymond Hodges (born Hodge; April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his 18-year career for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. An eight-time All-Star, he anchored the infield for the Dodgers through six pennant winners and two World Series ...
Jul 21, 2022 · 50 years after father's death, Gil Hodges Jr. will finally see him immortalized in Baseball Hall of Fame. Gil Hodges Jr. can't explain why it took a half-century for his father to earn induction ...
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Dec 6, 2021 · Gil Hodges Jr. joins the Hall of Fame Election Show to discuss his father being elected to the Hall of Fame class of 2020
Apr 4, 2019 · His son, Gil Hodges Jr., threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Mets icon Ed Kranepool. It’s fitting that the younger Hodges threw out the first pitch, because it was 50 years ago this year that the Mets upset the Orioles in the World Series -- led by his father, who was the manager. Hodges Jr. is amazed that his father, who passed away in ...
Apr 1, 2022 · Remembering HOFer Hodges 50 years after passing. April 1st, 2022. Bill Ladson. @ ladsonbill24. NEW YORK -- Saturday marks 50 years since the passing of Gil Hodges, who died on April 2, 1972, just two days prior to his 48th birthday. This July, he will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame -- an honor many feel was long overdue.
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The Hodges couple made a permanent home in Brooklyn, one of the few Dodgers to do so, and raised four children, Gil Jr. (who would spend some time as a player in the New York Mets minor league system), Irene, Cynthia, and Barbara.
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