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This is a Feb. 28, 1951, file
photo showing Brooklyn
Dodgers baseball player
Donald Newcombe in Vero
Beach, Fla.
Associated Press
Former

Brooklyn

Dodgers

great Don

Newcombe

dies at 92

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don
Newcombe, the hard-
throwing Brooklyn Dodgers
pitcher who was one of the
first black players in the ma-
jor leagues and who went
on to win the Rookie of the
Year, Most Valuable Player
and Cy Young awards, has
died. He was 92.
The team confirmed that
Newcombe died Tuesday
morning after a lengthy ill-
ness.
“Don Newcombe’s pres-
ence and life established
him as a role model for
Major Leaguers across the
country,” Dodgers Presi-
dent Stan Kasten said. “He
was a constant presence
at Dodger Stadium, and
players always gravitated
to him for his endless ad-
vice and leadership. The
Dodgers meant everything
to him, and we are all for- DeBrincat has 5 points,
tunate he was a part of
our lives.” Newcombe, like Blackhawks hold off Senators 8-7
Dodgers teammate Jackie
Robinson, was signed by
Branch Rickey from the Ne-
gro Leagues and went on Chicago Blackhawks’ Carl Dahlstrom (63) hugs teammate Alex DeBrincat after DeBrincat scored his third
to make a huge mark in goal against the Ottawa Senators during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Feb. 18, 2019,
the major leagues. in Chicago.
Associated Press
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