Today I Found Out

Forgotten Heroes: Larry Doby (2019x272)

: 07, 2019

Check my other channel Biographics! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Ken Griffey Jr: From Attempted Suicide to MLB Superstar https://youtu.be/iYlYhUGGPQI Why Do Baseball Managers Wear the Team's Uniform Instead of a Suit Like In Other Sports? https://youtu.be/-lfcAe936oY In this video: On April 15, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, the great Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became the first African-American in 67 years to play in the Major Leagues. (Yes, Robinson was not the first, as is often stated.) Less than three months later, on July 5, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, Larry Doby became the second African-American ball player break the color barrier, and the first on an American League team. Although history tends to forget Doby’s much-less hyped debut and subsequent stellar performance, his life, career, and path to the majors were just as interesting and courageous as Robinson’s. As Dave Anderson wrote in a 1987 New York Times article, “In glorifying those who are first, the second is often forgotten … Larry Doby integrated all those American League ball parks where Jackie Robinson never appeared. And he did it with class and clout.” Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/forgotten-hero-larry-doby/ Sources: http://books.google.com/books?id=LjfGgiauBfcC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Doby http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_G/Gromek.Steve.Obit.html http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-108hconres235ih/pdf/BILLS-108hconres235ih.pdf http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19970705&id=0Q