Al Campanis
Baseball Player
1916 – 1998
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Who was Al Campanis?
Alexander Sebastian Campanis was an American executive in Major League Baseball. He had a brief Major League career as a second baseman, playing for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' minor-league team. Campanis is most famous for his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968 to 1987, from which he was fired on April 6, 1987 as a result of controversial remarks regarding blacks in baseball during an interview on Nightline.
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- Born
- Nov 2, 1916
Kos - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- Lived in
- Kos
- Died
- Jun 21, 1998
Fullerton
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on July 23, 2013
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