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Sun, 2000-09-03

On September 3, 2000, former major league player and scout Clyde Sukeforth dies at the age of 98. Sukeforth gained fame for endorsing Brooklyn Dodger president Branch Rickey’s decision to sign Jackie Robinson to a contract in 1945.

 

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