1965 World Series
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The 1965 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 1965 season. The 62nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League champion
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Sandy Koufax
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Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former professional baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League B
1965 World Series
…Dodgers against the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins. The Dodgers won in seven games. The series is best remembered for the heroics of Sandy Koufax, who was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Koufax did not pitch in Game 1, as it fell on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. He pitched well…
Publicity still of Koufax, c. 1965
A ticket from the August 27, 1955, game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Redlegs, where Koufax earned his first career win
Koufax warming up at Wrigley Field, c. 1957
Koufax and teammate Don Drysdale changing parts on a military truck at the US Army Reserve Center in Van Nuys, California