Roy Campanella
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Roy Campanella, nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before en
Campanella with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956
Campanella, circa 1953
Campanella with teammates Jackie Robinson and Jim Gilliam in Japan, 1956
Don Newcombe
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Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball. He began his career in the Negro National League and e
Roy Campanella
…manager of the Danville Dodgers reported that he did not feel the league was ready for racial integration, the organization sent Campanella and pitcher Don Newcombe to the Nashua Dodgers of the Class B New England League, where the Dodgers felt the climate would be more tolerant. The Nashua team thus became the…
Newcombe in 2009