Campanis, Alexander Sebastian

Campanis, Alexander Sebastian
▪ 1999

      Greek-born American baseball executive whose 44-year career with the Dodgers (in both Brooklyn, N.Y., and Los Angeles), which included the 1981 World Series championship, was ended in 1987 by televised comments in which he opined that blacks did not have managerial ability (b. Nov. 2, 1916, Kos, Greece—d. June 21, 1998, Fullerton, Calif.).

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