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Gil Hodges Berühmte Gedenkstätte Veteran

Ursprünglicher Name
Gilbert Raymond Hodges
Geburt
Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana, USA
Tod
2 Apr 1972 (im Alter von 47)
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Bestattung
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA GPS-Breitengrad: 40.6478774, Längengrad: -73.9428175
Grabstelle
St. Catherine Section, Range B, Lot 191/193
Gedenkstätten-ID
487 Quelle ansehen

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player and manager. He played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1940s and 1950s. A right-handed first baseman, he is credited with implementing the "in the vicinity play," the tactic in which a player runs off the base while catching the ball so as to give the appearance of completing the out. During World War II (WWII), he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, receiving a Bronze Star Medal for heroism under fire. After his retirement as a player, he became field manager of the New York Mets and led them to their first World Series win, beating the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series. He died of a heart attack at age 47 during spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida prior to the 1972 baseball season. In 2022, Hodges was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum via the Golden Days Era Committee.

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player and manager. He played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1940s and 1950s. A right-handed first baseman, he is credited with implementing the "in the vicinity play," the tactic in which a player runs off the base while catching the ball so as to give the appearance of completing the out. During World War II (WWII), he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, receiving a Bronze Star Medal for heroism under fire. After his retirement as a player, he became field manager of the New York Mets and led them to their first World Series win, beating the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series. He died of a heart attack at age 47 during spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida prior to the 1972 baseball season. In 2022, Hodges was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum via the Golden Days Era Committee.


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HODGES
GILBERT R.
1924 — 1972
WITH AN UNDYING LOVE



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  • Gepflegt von: Find a Grave
  • Hinzugefügt: 25 Apr 1998
  • ID der Find-a-Grave-Gedenkstätte: 487
  • Find a Grave, Datenbank und Bilder (https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/487/gil-hodges: aufgerufen ), Gedenkstättenseite für Gil Hodges (4 Apr 1924–2 Apr 1972), Gedenkstätten-ID bei Find a Grave 487, zitierend Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Gepflegt von Find a Grave.