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	Roy Campanella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 - June 26, 1993) was an American catcher in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball.
		Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (now the Los Angeles Dodgers) from 1948 to 1957, as their regular catcher.
		Campanella was paralyzed from the chest down after an automobile accident in January 1958.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roy_Campanella (529 words)

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		Campanella's catching and hitting performances have fallen off in the last two years from his previous brilliant form, and considering that he suffers from weakened hands after several operations, it seemed possible that today's accident a mile south of his home here wrote an end to his playing career.
		Campanella's neck was "very heavily muscled." National League base runners who found the burly catcher often blocking their access to home plate could have told the doctors that the 200-pound Mr.
		Campanella of the fractures, dislocations and compression of the spinal cord.
	www.explorepahistory.com /odocument.php?docId=8 (953 words)

	Roy Campanella
		Roy Campanella or known to some simply as “Campy” was born in a neighborhood of Philadelphia known as Homestead.
		Campanella was the son of an Italian father and an African American mother and he stood at a stout 5’9, 190 pounds.
		Campanella’s stint with this local team did not last long though and by the end of 1937 Campanella was the starting catcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League.
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/class2004/Campanella_Roy/RoyCampanella.htm (729 words)

	Campanella - MSN Encarta
		Roy Campanella (1921-1993), American professional baseball player, a catcher who anchored the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League (NL) during the 1950s.
		In 1937, at the age of 16, Campanella became a catcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League.
		Campanella’s batting average fluctuated between.207 and.325 during his career, but he was always at his best with runners on base.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551613/Campanella_Roy.html (381 words)

	Roy Campanella \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Campanella, one of the five fl players signed by Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey before the 1946 season, was the first catcher to break organized baseball's color line.
		Campanella, who roomed with pitcher Don Newcombe, hit.290, led the league in putouts, assists, and errors, and won the MVP award.
		Campanella made the Dodgers in 1948, but his promotion to Brooklyn was delayed by Rickey's plan to have him integrate the American Association.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Campanella_Roy.stm (2282 words)

	Roy Campanella \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Campanella chipped a bone in his left hand during spring training in 1954 causing nerve damage that was tough to overcome.
		Campanella's salary was raised to $3,000 a year and he received a $300 signing bonus.
		Roy Campanella was the first fl man to manage a game in a white minor league.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/camparo01.php (724 words)

	Boston.com / Your Life / Health & Fitness / Diseases & Treatments / Roxie Campanella, baseball heroine
		Roxie Campanella, the widow of Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella and a tireless advocate for victims of spinal cord injury, died of cancer Sunday at her Los Angeles home.
		Roy Campanella was paralyzed in an automobile accident in January 1958, after the Dodgers completed their final season in Brooklyn.
		Campanella carried on her husband's legacy of visiting paralyzed patients in hospitals and care facilities, reminding them that their minds had not failed them even if their bodies had.
	www.boston.com /yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2004/03/16/roxie_campanella_baseball_heroine?mode=PF (553 words)

	Roy Campanella - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Catcher Roy Campanella was a key member of five pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers teams.
		He was voted the most valuable player of the National League (NL) in 1951, 1953, and 1955.
		Campanella’s baseball career ended abruptly in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461561692_761577710_-1_1/Roy_Campanella.html (45 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - ROY CAMPANELLA
		Roy Campanella was born on November 19, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he died on June 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, California.
		Campanella was an eight-time National League All-Star and he was named the National League MVP three times in 1951, 1953, and 1955.
		Campanella was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2265130 (705 words)

	Roy Campanella
		Roy Campanella showed up in the Brooklyn Dodgers' spring training camp in 1948 and pronounced the best catcher in all of baseball by Branch Rickey.
		But in 1948, Roy Campanella was an African American who toiled in the Negro Leagues, praying for someone to be brave enough to desegregate Major League Baseball.
		Campanella had the chance to right his mistake, and shortly afterwards signed his own contract with the Dodgers.
	tx.essortment.com /roycampanella_rclp.htm (817 words)

	INTERRACIAL VOICE - Guest Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roy Campanella died in 1993 at the age of seventy-one.
		Campanella, given the social environment of his time, was clearly a part of "fl" society.
		The information on Roy Campanella's life was obtained from the book Roy Campanella: Baseball Star (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996) by Norman Macht.
	www.webcom.com /~intvoice/emily9.html (548 words)

	San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roy Campanella II The hiring of Roy Campanella II as the general manager of KPFA Radio 94.1 FM was announced by Dan Coughlin, executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, on Monday.
		Campanella was one of three applicants referred to the KPFA governing board by the General Manager Hire Subcommittee, chaired by Willie Thompson, from an initial pool of 106 applicants.
		Roy Campanella II is an anthropology graduate of Harvard College (1970) with an MBA from the Colombia University School of Business (1979), where he received the Louis G. Cowan award for excellence in media management.
	www.sfbayview.com /111004/newkpfa111004.shtml (628 words)

	Roc Campenella (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Campanella starred in the NNL until 1946 when he signed a minor league contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
		Campanella had a career average of.276, 242 home runs, and 856 RBI, totals that would have been greater had the major leagues not prohibited African American players until 1947.
		In January 1958, Campanella's baseball career was cut short by an automobile accident that left him a quadriplegic.
	www.wntb.com /blackachievers/RoyCampenella (268 words)

	Roy Campanella Quotes by Baseball Almanac
		"Roy Campanella, one of the five fl players signed by Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey before the 1946 season, was the first catcher to break organized baseball's color line.
		"A star with both the bat and glove, Roy Campanella was agile behind the plate, had a rifle arm and was an expert handler of pitchers.
		From 1948-1957, Roy Campanella was securely anchored behind home plate for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /quotes/roy_campanella_quotes.shtml (840 words)

	Roy Campanella's MVP Awards Sell : Maine Antique Digest, October 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Campanella's widow, Roxie, decided it was time to send his memorabilia to Hunt for sale, saying that a portion of it would go to the Roy and Roxie Campanella Foundation for physical therapy.
		After Campanella's first MVP award with the date 1951 was knocked down for $170,500 to another phone bidder, the auctioneer, looking at Leff, asked, "Do you want to re-offer yours?" He knew he made a good buy.
		A phone bidder got the last of the Campanella lots consigned by his family, the bronzed cleats said to be the ones he wore in his final game against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 29, 1957.
	www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/oct03/royc1003.htm (984 words)

	CMG Worldwide : News
		VERO BEACH, Fla. — Roxie Campanella, the widow of Dodger Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella and a tireless advocate for victims of spinal cord injury, died of cancer Sunday at her Woodland Hills home.
		The Campanellas followed the team to Southern California in the late 1970s, and Roxie accompanied her wheelchair-using husband to games until his death in 1993 and visited her many baseball friends at games thereafter.
		After Campanella's death from a heart attack, Roxie Campanella carried on her husband's legacy of visiting paralyzed patients in hospitals and care facilities, reminding them that their minds had not failed them even if their bodies had.
	www.cmgww.com /news/viewheadline.php?id=2368 (520 words)

	Roy Campanella Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Roy Campanella was born on Saturday, November 19, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Campanella was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 20, 1948, with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Roy Campanella baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=camparo01 (316 words)

	Remembering Roy Campanella
		NEW YORK, NY---Roy Campanella, one of the five fl players signed by Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey before the 1946 season, was the first catcher to break organized baseball's color line.
		In 12 additional seasons, 10 in the majors, he was one of the era's outstanding players, and his leadership and indefatigable enthusiasm made him one of the most popular players in the game.
		Campanella, at 36, was paralyzed from the chest down.
	www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/article_0752.shtml (1055 words)

	Roxie Campanella dies; beloved widow of catcher \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Roxie Campanella was a frequent visitor to Dodger Stadium and a longtime supporter of victims of spinal cord injuries through her work with the Roy and Roxie Campanella Foundation.
		Roy Campanella was a three-time National League Most Valuable Player who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948-57.
		Campanella continued supporting the foundation after her husband died in 1993.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040315/news_1s15briefs.html (483 words)

	Jet: Widow selling baseball legend Roy Campanella's awards at auction - Sports - Brief Article
		The widow of Roy Campanella, the Hall of Fame catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, has decided to auction off her husband's three Most Valuable Player awards and other prized trophies in Chester County this month.
		Campanella's widow, Roxie, said she decided to sell her husband's trophies because she no longer felt the need to keep them.
		Campanella, who lived on Long Island while playing for the Dodgers but spent his latter years in California, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_9_104/ai_107203343 (297 words)

	ESPN's "Brooklyn Dodgers: The Roy Campanella Story " (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The son of an Italian immigrant and an African-American mother, Campy's rise to fame began on the bologna circuit of the Negro Leagues.
		This show traces Campanella's rise to fame in the Big Town, his enigmatic meeting with Branch Rickey, and his problems being accepted by some white pitchers.
		On January 28, 1958, Campanella skidded on a thin sheet of ice and crashed into a telephone pole.
	www.bayou.com /~brooklyn/part3.html (414 words)

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		It took something far more drastic than cutting off his uniform to force an end to Roy Campanella's Hall of Fame career when he was just thirty six years old.
		The son of an Italian father and an African-American mother, Campanella was born in 1921 and grew up in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia.
		Campanella remained a Dodger until he died in 1993.
	www.explorepahistory.com /hmarker.php?markerId=4 (953 words)

	ESPN.com - Portion of proceeds will go to charity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"The success of Roy Campanella's collection is a testament to the marketplace and the incredible legacy of the Campanella name," said David Hunt, president of Hunt Auctions, the Pa.-based auction house that conducted the bidding.
		Campanella won the awards in 1951, 1953 and 1955, the only year the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series.
		Campanella, who played in five World Series throughout his 10-year career and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969, died in 1993.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1601688&type=news (237 words)

	The loss of a true inspiration
		Roxie Campanella, the widow of Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella, passed away of cancer at the age of 77 on March 14.
		Even though Roy never had the opportunity to play for the Dodgers in Los Angeles (his career ended in January the very year the team moved from Brooklyn), he was a popular figure at Dodger Stadium.
		Roy Campanella's former Dodgers teammates came to love Roxie for the support they saw her give to the great catcher.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/content/printer_friendly/mlb/y2004/m03/d17/c661458.jsp (609 words)

	Campy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1969 Campanella was the second African-American player to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Campanella had broken his fifth cervical vertebra and severed his spinal cord.
		Although Roy Campanella was a great baseball player, he was a better person.
	www.dodgerplace.com /CAMPY.htm (986 words)

	KPFA names new GM Roy Campanella, II, November 8th, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BERKELEY (Nov. 8) Producer and media veteran Roy Campanella, II, has been named as the new general manager of Pacifica Radio station KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, Pacifica announced today.
		The appointment of Campanella concludes a six-month search process that reviewed more than 150 applicants and involved a broad array of KPFA staff, listeners, community groups, as well as local and national board members.
		An honors graduate of Harvard College, Campanella also has an MBA from Columbia University where he received the Louis G. Cowan award for excellence in media management.
	www.kpfa.org /gmreport/newgm.php (355 words)

	Walter O'Malley : Dodger History : Hall of Famers : Players : Roy Campanella
		One of the game’s most likeable, knowledgeable and talented players, Roy Campanella was a major contributor to the Dodgers from 1948-57.
		Prior to the 1958 season, Campanella’s career was tragically cut short when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident in New York.
		Campanella described his relationship with O’Malley as “a true pioneer who to me was like a father when I first came into the Dodger organization.
	walteromalley.com /hist_hof_campanella.php (439 words)

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