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d. July 20, 2000. Baseball player for the Angels, Dodgers and Yankees, he taught Jackie Robinson to surf! A Redondo Beach native, he died July 20 from complications of a stroke. He was 83 years old. He was the South Bay's best athlete of the first half of the 20th Century, played football, basketball and baseball professionally during a 13-year span interrupted by World War II.

As of: May 1, 2002