Sandy Koufax
Chronology
1935 | Born on December 30 in Brooklyn, New York |
1939 | Parents divorce |
1945 | Mother remarries |
1953 | Enters college at the University of Cincinnati; makes basketball team |
1954 | Pitches only season of college baseball |
1954 | Signs with the Brooklyn Dodgers |
1955 | Makes major league debut on June 24 against the Milwaukee Braves |
1959 | Appears in World Series |
1960 | Nearly quits baseball due to poor record |
1965 | Arthritic arm plagues him during the season |
1966 | Appears in World Series |
1966 | Wins last major league game on October 2 |
1966 | Announces retirement from baseball on November 18 |
1969 | Marries Anne Heath Widmark on January 1 |
1972 | Watches Dodgers retire his uniform number (32) |
1979 | Begins working as a pitching instructor for the Dodgers |
1980s | Divorces wife in the early part of the decade |
1990 | Retires from work as Dodgers pitching instructor |
1990s | Divorces second wife, Kim Koufax, in latter part of the decade |
1990s | Appears in charity golf tournaments |
2002 | Continues to help coach various struggling pitchers |
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