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Classic Sports Card of The Day

02 Mar

1954 Topps baseball card of former Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Duke Snider, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 84. Nicknamed “The Duke of Flatbush”, Snider was the centerfielder and top power hitter on the club affectionately known as “Dem Bums”, the Dodger teams of the 1950s. He went with the Dodgers when they relocated to his hometown of Los Angeles, playing on a World Series winning team in Brooklyn in 1955 and in L.A. in 1959. Snider was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1980, and his uniform number 4 has been retired by the Dodger franchise. Snider worked as a broadcaster for the Montreal Expos for 14 seasons after his playing career ended.

 

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