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Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe (October 17, 1908 – July 8, 1969) was an American baseball third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1942 and managed the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1952.
In 1930 one of his charges at Orleans was future New York Yankees legend Red Rolfe. [1] [2] [3] In a 1930 old-timers' game at Braves Field in Boston, Donovan had a pinch hit single, at the age of 65. [4] He finished out his career coaching High School baseball at Phillips Academy in Andover, where he coached the future 41st President, George H ...
Red Rolfe and Meyer in 1942. Meyer coached a College All-Star team that played a coast-to-coast series against the Harlem Globetrotters for 11 years. One of his best players was George Mikan, who was a game-changing player and basketball's first great "big man".
On July 5, 1952, with Detroit in the surprising position of last place in the eight-team American League, the club fired manager Red Rolfe and handed the job to Hutchinson, still an active player and five weeks shy of his 33rd birthday. Hutchinson was chosen based on his leadership skills; he had been the AL's Player Representative since 1947.
Pocahontas and John Rolfe had a son, Thomas Rolfe, born in January 1615. [62] Thomas and his wife, Jane Poythress, had a daughter, Jane Rolfe, [63] who was born in Varina, in present-day Henrico County, Virginia, on October 10, 1650. [64] Jane married Robert Bolling of present-day Prince George County, Virginia.
Sian Leah Beilock (/ ˈ s i ə n ˈ b aɪ l ɒ k / SEE-ən BY-lok; [2] born January 10, 1976) is an American cognitive scientist who is the president of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire [3] Before serving at Dartmouth College, she was the president of Barnard College in Manhattan, New York.
The 38,000 fans who attended the game also saw the Red Sox' Ted Williams in his final All-Star appearance. Showcasing its new renovation, Yankee Stadium hosted the All-Star Game on July 19, 1977. With the Yankees defending their 1976 pennant, Billy Martin managed the American League team on his home field. The National League won its sixth ...
He became, at age 22, the youngest umpire in major league history, and later became the youngest to officiate in the World Series at age 25. [ 1 ] Upon his retirement at age 43, his 3,319 career games ranked fifth in major league history; his 1,757 games as a home plate umpire ranked third in AL history, and remain the eighth-most by a major ...