Tommy Brown, who was the last living member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, died at age 97.
Tommy Brown, the only player in AL/NL history to homer before his 18th birthday and the last living member of the historic 1947 Dodgers, died on Wednesday at the age of 97. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Brown signed with the then-hometown Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943.
Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, died at the age of 97 this week. Brown, who played nine years in Major League Baseball in the 1940s and early ’50s and parts of seven with the Dodgers, passed away on Wednesday at a rehabilitation center in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
LOS ANGELES — Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home ... landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died. He was 97. Brown died Wednesday at a ...
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died.