Dodgers 1959 Championship Roster : Name / Years With Dodgers / Current Occupation / Residence : PITCHERS
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ROGER CRAIG (1955-1961); field manager, San Francisco Giants; Warner Springs, Calif.
JOHNNY PODRES (1953-1965, 1966-1 game); Dodgers minor-league coach; Glens Falls, N.Y.
DON DRYSDALE (1956-1969); Dodgers radio and TV broadcaster; Rancho Mirage, Calif.
SANDY KOUFAX (1955-1966); Dodgers minor-league pitching instructor; Vero Beach, Fla.
LARRY SHERRY (1958-1963); private pitching instructor; Mission Viejo, Calif.
JOHNNY KLIPPSTEIN (1959); vice president, Packaging Dimensions Inc.; Inverness, Ill.
CLEM LABINE (1950-1960); residential mortgage officer, Eastland Bank; Woonsocket, R.I.
DANNY McDEVITT (1957-1960); technical assistance specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce; Conyers, Ga.
CHUCK CHURN (1959); farm manager, Byrd Foods Inc.; Onley, Va.
STAN WILLIAMS (1958-1962); major-league scout, New York Yankees; Lakewood, Calif.
CATCHERS
JOHNNY ROSEBORO (1957-1967); Dodgers minor-league catching instructor and partner with Fouch-Roseboro & Associates, Beverly Hills; Los Angeles.
JOE PIGNATANO (1957-1960); retired; New York City.
INFIELDERS
GIL HODGES, first base (1943-1961); died in 1972 at age 47.
CHARLIE NEAL, second base (1956-1961); owner, cleaning business; Dallas.
JIM GILLIAM, third base (1953-1966); died in 1978 at age 49.
MAURY WILLS, shortstop (1959-1966); occupation unavailable; Los Angeles.
DON ZIMMER, shortstop (1954-1959); manager, Chicago Cubs; Treasure Island, Fla.
OUTFIELDERS
WALLY MOON, left field (1959-1965); retired; College Station, Tex.
NORM LARKER, first base /outfield (1958-1961); agency relations representative, American Ensign Van Service, Long Beach; Lakewood, Calif.
DON DEMETER, center field (1956-1961, traded to Philadelphia early in ’61 season); owner, swimming pool company; Oklahoma City.
DUKE SNIDER, right field (1947-1962); retired; Fallbrook, Calif.
CARL FURILLO (1946-1957); died in January at age 56.
RON FAIRLY (1958-1969, traded to Montreal ’69 season); radio and TV broadcaster, San Francisco Giants; Westlake Village, Calif.
RIP REPULSKI (1959-1960, traded to Boston early ‘60); retired; St. Cloud, Minn.
CHUCK ESSEGIAN (1959-1960); lawyer; Woodland Hills, Calif.
MANAGER
WALTER ALSTON (1954-1976); died in 1984 at age 72.
FRONT OFFICE
WALTER F. O’MALLEY, Dodgers owner (1951-1979); died in 1979 at age 75.
BUZZIE BAVASI, general manager (1951-1968); retired; La Jolla, Calif.
AL CAMPANIS, director of scouting (1950-1987); retired; Fullerton, Calif.
BILL SCHWEPPE, assistant farm director (1946-1987); retired; Fullerton, Calif.
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