Tag Archives: Pittsburgh Pirates
Danny Whelan
Danny Whelan (Trainer. Born, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 3, 1918, died, New York, NY, Jan. 2, 2004.) Trainer of the Knickerbockers N.B.A. championship teams of 1970 and 1973, Daniel Whelan was an infielder at St. Mary’s (Calif.) in college. After naval service in World War II, he became a trainer for Rochester of the International […]
Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey (Baseball. Born, Stockdale, OH, Dec. 20, 1881; died, Columbia, MO, Dec. 9, 1965.) When Branch Rickey came to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942, he inherited a club that had won the 1941 National League championship. The team, however, was soon to yield to the ravages of age, accelerated by the onset of World […]
