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	Larry Doby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Doby was signed by the Cleveland Indians by their owner Bill Veeck in 1947, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League.
		At the end of the 1955 season, Doby was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
		Larry Doby died in Montclair, New Jersey at age 79.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larry_Doby (561 words)

	Larry Doby (1924-2003
		Larry Doby, the first fl player in the American League and a Hall of Fame outfielder, died June 18th at his home in Montclair, NJ, with his son Larry Doby Jr at his side, after a long illness.
		Doby hit at least 20 home runs in eight straight years, back in an era where home runs were not as common as they are now.
		Larry Doby was director of community relations for the NBA's New Jersey Nets in the late 1970s and got involved in a number of inner-city youth programs.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /memorial/cle/doby.html (894 words)

	Larry Doby
		Larry Doby (December 13, 1924 - June 18, 2003), was an American baseball player.
		Doby began his career with the Negro Leagues' Newark Eagles[?].
		Doby finished his major league career in 1959, with the White Sox, after a short stint with the Detroit Tigers.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Larry_Doby.html (289 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Sports (Larry Doby)
		Doby was a promising rookie for the Cleveland Indians.
		When Larry Doby came up to the major leagues, it was common practice for players to leave their gloves on the field at the end of each half-inning rather than carrying them into the dugout as they do today.
		Larry Doby may have needed some assistance of the social variety during his early days in the big leagues, but he never needed anyone's help to keep from looking foolish at the plate.
	www.snopes.com /sports/baseball/doby.asp (2335 words)

	The My Hero Project - Larry DobyDOBY_MMS
		Since Larry Doby lived at that time he was kind of caught in the middle, but he kept fighting through that problem which was his biggest.
		Larry Doby was born in Camden, South Carolina on December 3, 1923.
		Larry Doby was the first African American to join the AL team and the second fl player to join the major leagues.
	myhero.com /myhero/heroprint.asp?hero=DOBY_MMS (1435 words)

	LARRY DOBY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Larry Doby appeared as a seventh-inning pinch hitter for the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago White Sox only three hours after signing his contract on July 5, 1947.
		Doby was leading the Negro National League with a batting average of.458 and 13 home runs when Cleveland owner Bill Veeck called Doby to the Indians.
		Doby batted an impressive.301 with 14 home runs and 65 runs batted in during the regular season to help the Indians win the American League pennant.
	www.aafla.org /9arr/JackieRobinson/jlarry.htm (398 words)

	19 June, 2003 - Larry Doby Passes
		Doby, believed to be 79, died at his home in Montclair, N.J., said his son, Larry Doby Jr.
		Doby was a seven-time all-star in a 13-year career, most of it in the outfield for the Cleveland Indians.
		Doby was born in Camden, S.C., the son of a semipro baseball player who died when Doby was 8.
	www.nlbpa.com /19june2003.html (592 words)

	Tribute to Mr. Larry Doby -- Baseball Talk
		Hall of Famer Larry Doby, the first fl baseball player in American League history, died last night in his home in Montclair, N.J. Doby was one of the Indians' finest center fielders, a slugger with speed.
		Doby was with the Indians in one of their most successful eras, from 1947 to 1955, during which they won two league pennants and a World Series, besides finishing second to the New York Yankees four times.
		Doby thought the ball was in play and sprinted around the bases, sliding into home, where he was mobbed by awed teammates.
	www.voy.com /6628/3756.html (5044 words)

	JockBio Classics: Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby
		Baseball pioneer Larry Doby passed away at the age of 79 on June 18, 2003.
		Lawrence Eugene Doby was born on December 13, 1923 in Camden, South Carolina.
		Larry’s dad died when he was eight, and the family moved north to Paterson, New Jersey, when he was a teenager.
	www.jockbio.com /Classic/Doby/Doby.html (2011 words)

	Remembering Larry Doby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Doby was born in December 1923 the middle of winter.
		Doby went to school in the racially integrated northeast, which did not prepare him for the treatment he would receive later in the Navy and his professional baseball career.
		Larry Doby’s great play in the outfield and at bat would change many of his teammates attitudes, the Indians winning two straight pennants helped.
	www.blackathletesportsnetwork.net /artman/publish/printer_854.shtml (871 words)

	ESPN Classic - Doby was AL's first African-American player
		Doby, the first fl player in the American League and a Hall of Fame outfielder, died June 18 after a long illness.
		Doby's No. 14 was retired by the Indians in 1994 -- 47 years to the date after he signed his contract with Cleveland.
		Doby was director of community relations for the NBA's New Jersey Nets in the late 1970s and got involved in a number of inner-city youth programs.
	espn.go.com /classic/obit/s/2003/0618/1570127.html (1279 words)

	Only A Game : Feature : The Legacy of Larry Doby
		Larry Doby, who died at the age of 78 on Wednesday, didn't have that luxury.
		Doby was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1998 by the veterans committee.
		One of the players on the Chicago bench that year was Cleveland native Larry Doby Johnson, who, obviously, had been named for the first fl player in the American League.
	www.onlyagame.org /features/2003/06/larrydoby.asp (433 words)

	SC African-American History Online
		Doby's batting average,.415, and home runs, with 14, were at the top of the league in his final season.
		Doby's talent at least garnered fans-due to his speed and skill as a center fielder and to his hard-hitting runs.
		Doby became director of community relations for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association in 1977 and was offered a position with the Major League Baseball Properties in 1979 where he remains to this day, handling the licensing of former players and advising Gene Budig, the American League president.
	www.scafam-hist.org /currenthonoree.asp?month=10&year=1997 (761 words)

	Lean Left: Larry Doby has Died
		Larry Doby died tonight, at the age of 78.
		Larry Doby was the first African American to play in the American League.
		Larry ended up convincing all of us to start voting Republican and now we're all going to continue to do so in his memory.
	www.leanleft.com /archives/001366.html (549 words)

	Doby's Debut
		Larry was given a nice new uniform, and would see action on his first day.
		He claimed that what went on between Boudreau and Doby was their own affair, that he simply signed the paychecks and that he left the running of the team to his manager.
		Veeck also claimed that he had faith in Doby, and that his future was in the Cleveland organization, but that at the time he wouldn't say if Larry would spend 1948 in the majors or the minors.
	www.thediamondangle.com /archive/june03/dobydebut.html (1756 words)

	Sports: Larry Doby, AL's first black ballplayer, dies
		Doby was a seven-time All-Star in a 13-year career, almost all in the outfield for the Indians.
		In his first decade, Doby was kept apart from teammates, eating in separate restaurants and sleeping in separate hotels.
		Doby kept his temper, heeding Bill Veeck's advice when the owner bought Doby's contract from the Negro National League's Newark Eagles.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/06/19/news_pf/Sports/Larry_Doby__AL_s_firs.shtml (418 words)

	Major League Baseball : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Larry Doby is pictured on March 12, 1952, with the Cleveland Indians.
		Larry Doby, a pioneer who broke the color barrier in the American League just months after Jackie Robinson integrated the Major Leagues in 1947, died Wednesday night at his home in Montclair, N.J. Doby was 79.
		Doby was a seven-time All-Star in a 13-year career and helped lead the Indians to their last World Series title in 1948, starting in center field and hitting a home run in Game 4.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20030619&content_id=381932&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp (900 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Larry Doby, friend, baseball pioneer, remembered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Doby, who played 13 seasons in the major leagues and was selected for seven All-Star games, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
		Larry Doby Jr., one of Doby's five children, read his father's obituary, noting he attended Long Island University and Virginia Union University before being drafted by the Navy in 1943.
		Doby sat on the board of a Newark-based scholarship fund, Project Pride, run by sports writer Jerry Izenberg, a longtime friend and confidante, who told mourners of Doby's persistent optimism.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20030623-1620-bbo-doby-memorialservice.html (609 words)

	USATODAY.com - Appreciation: Hall of Famer Larry Doby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Larry Doby was at Don Newcombe's home near Los Angeles when he learned in March 1998 that he'd finally made it to the Hall of Fame.
		Doby, a special assistant in the commissioner's office, often wondered what it might have been like had he not followed Jackie Robinson by 11 weeks in breaking baseball's color barrier.
		Doby, a seven-time All-Star, compiled a.283 batting average, blasted 253 homers and drove in 970 runs during a 13-year career mostly with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2003-06-19-bodley-on-doby_x.htm (503 words)

	Mary McCloud Bethune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Larry Doby was the driving force behind the only Cleveland World Series Championship in the last half century.
		Born in Camden, South Carolina in 1923, Lawrence Eugene Doby was the son of David and Etta Doby.
		In 1938 Larry graduated from the 8th grade and his mother insisted that he move to Paterson to attend high school, where educational and economic opportunities were relatively greater for African-Americans.
	www.usca.edu /aasc/doby.htm (2069 words)

	Larry Doby: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		(Doby became the third American[Click link for more facts about this topic] to play professional baseball in the Japanese baseball[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] league, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/La/Larry_Doby.htm (1733 words)

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		In 1998, Larry Doby was deservedly inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.
		In 1947, Larry Doby inducted himself to the all-white baseball world as a courageous man with an awe-inspiring lefthanded swing.
		But beyond the baseball field, Larry Doby helped to prove that a person's skin color has nothing to do with his or her abilities at a time when America needed to learn that lesson.
	www.house.gov /blackburn/speeches/sep_16_03_a.doc (553 words)

	Baseball Pioneer Larry Doby Dies - CBS News
		Doby, the first fl player in the American League and a Hall of Fame outfielder, died Wednesday night at his home in Montclair, N.J., after a long illness.
		Doby, who was believed to be 79, grew up in Paterson — where a post office was renamed in his honor in 1998 — and had lived in Montclair for more than 40 years.
		Doby's No. 14 was retired by the Indians in 1994 — 47 years to date after he signed his contract with Cleveland.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/06/19/national/main559365.shtml (1149 words)

	Larry Doby, part of history
		Doby was also barred from the front entrances to stadiums in St. Louis and Washington, booed and cursed, and hit by thrown beer bottles and by spit, and most of his team and management did not stand up for him or protect him.
		Doby was an all-state athlete in football, basketball and baseball at Paterson Eastside High School in New Jersey.
		Larry Doby waves to the crowd at Jacobs Field in Cleveland on April 2, 2001.
	www.talkingproud.us /Culture062003.html (2375 words)

	Larry Doby \| BaseballLibrary.com
		In August 1947, four months after Jackie Robinson had broken the National League's color line, Larry Doby was signed for the Indians by Bill Veeck (whom he affectionately called his "godfather") and was the first fl ballplayer in the American League.
		Doby topped AL batters in strikeouts two years running (111 in 1952 and 121 in '53).
		The Orioles swap P Ray Moore, Billy Goodman, and OF Tito Francona to the White Sox for Doby, pitchers Jack Harshman and Russ Heman, and infielder Jim Marshall.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Doby_Larry.stm (1411 words)

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