Campanella, Roy
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born on | 19 November 1921 at 22:45 (= 10:45 PM ) | ||||
Place | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 39n57, 75w10 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American athlete, a baseball catcher, nicknamed "Campy", who led the field in his day. He began his career as a hard-hitting catcher in old Negro Leagues before following Jackie Robinson across the color barrier to join the Brooklyn Dodgers (1948-1957). He had a World Series triumph in 1955 and was named Most Valuable Player three times.
Early in the morning of 28 January 1958, Campanella had an auto accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He never lost his boyish enthusiasm and the smile that inspired others. Campanella became a coach in a wheelchair, for nearly two decades the spring-training instructor for the Los Angeles Dodgers. For 35 years, Campanella worked with the disabled from his wheelchair.
After the accident, his marriage dissolved and his house was sold to pay bills. Later, in 1963, he married a former nurse. He doted on his five kids. He died of a heart attack on 26 June 1993 at age 71 at his home in Woodland Hills, California.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Robinson, Jackie (1919) (born 31 January 1919). Notes: Brooklyn Dodgers teammates, 1948-1956
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1963 (Second marriage)
Source Notes
Contemporary American Horoscopes
Categories
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Handicapped (Paralyzed from waist down)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Car, paralyzed)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Five)
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social (Worked with the handicapped)
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball (Catcher)
- Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner (Coach)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Most Valuable Player, three times)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (MLB player, 1948-1957)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- 1921 births
- Birthday 19 November
- Birthplace Philadelphia, PA (US)
- Sun 27 Scorpio
- Moon 26 Cancer
- Asc 20 Leo
- 1993 deaths
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Handicapped
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball
- Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book