Mr. Baseball - Bobby Bragan dies
January 25th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Fort Worth, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mr. Baseball – Bobby Bragan who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and also coached the Los Angeles died on 21st January 2010. He died in his Fort Worth home, at the ripe old age of 92 years. He was nicknamed Mr. Baseball, and was well known as Fort Worth’s ambassador of Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1943 to 1948, with a 3-year break in between from 1944-1947.
The Texas Rangers were very sad at his passing away and said that he leaves an unmatched legacy in the sport. They issued a statement that, “In the 1970’s and 1980’s, Mr. Bragan was a one-man community relations department in his role of Rangers Director of Public Relations/Speakers Bureau. He made hundreds of appearances on behalf of the club, promoting Texas Rangers baseball. Through his efforts, Mr. Bragan helped created countless new Rangers fans and entertained thousands in the process. He had remained a Special Assistant to the team over the last 20 years, and we are privileged to say he was a longtime member of the Rangers family.”
The aggrieved baseball community offered their prayers and sympathies to his family. His wife Betty survives him. A former Los Angeles General Manager Fred Claire said that Bobby was a great man, who was very proud to be a Dodger.
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