Roy Campanella
Chronology
| 1921 | Born on November 19 in Homestead, Pennsylvania |
| 1937 | Drops out of school to join his first professional baseball team, the Bacharach Giants of Brooklyn, New York |
| 1937 | Joins the Baltimore Elite Giants, a team of the Negro National League |
| 1946 | Signs with the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, beginning his career with the organization in the minor leagues |
| 1948 | Joins the Dodgers' major league team |
| 1958 | Paralyzed in an automobile accident, which ends his baseball playing career |
| 1959 | Publishes autobiography, It's Good to Be Alive |
| 1978 | Rejoins Los Angeles Dodgers payroll as a coach and Community Services worker |
| 1993 | Dies of heart attack near his Woodland Hills, California home |
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