DATE SHOT: 1958-76 SUBJECT: Walter Alston APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: Sport Magazine; United Press International ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 8"x10" vintage original news photo of Walter Alston, pictured in his Los Angeles Dodgers uniform circa 1958-76. The verso bears the stamping of Sport Magazine as well as that of United Press International. Guaranteed to be a vintage original photo, not a modern day reproduction. See scans for further details including condition. BIO: Walter Emmons Alston (Smokey) was born in 1911 in Venice, OH and died in 1984 in Oxford, OH. He went to college at Miami University. He played major league baseball for a single season in a single game in 1936 as 1st baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. A reporter once asked Alston about his playing record; he said, "Well, I came up to bat for the Cards back in '36, and Lon Warneke struck me out. That's it." Alston went on to manage the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 to 1976. As a manager, Alston was noted for his studious approach to the game (he had taught school in the off-season while in the minors) and for signing 23 one-year contracts with the Dodgers at a time when multi-year contracts were becoming the norm in the sport. SKU: X00829
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