It was genuine jubilation in the Dodgers dressing room as the Bums from across the bridge celebrated the end of 55 years of frustration with their Series victory over the Yankees. Johnny Podres, the 23-year-old pitching sensation, chinned himself on a door transom in his exuberance. DATE: 10-4-1955 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Brooklyn Dodgers SUBJECT: Johnny Podres ISSUER: United Press Association APPROXIMATE SIZE: 7"x9-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: John Joseph Podres was born in 1932 in Witherbee, NY and died in 2008 in Glen Falls, NY. He played major league baseball from 1953 to 1969 as pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres, appeared in the 1953, 1955, 1959 and 1963 World Series, and was selected 3 times as an All-Star. He was the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins in the early 1980s (1982-1984), and later for the Philadelphia Phillies. Immediately after Podres' death, Curt Schilling wrote: "Outside of the Lord, my wife and my father, there was no person who impacted my life more than Johnny Podres. A true man's man if there ever was one....Johnny made me realize that being a man wasn’t about the macho cool stuff we think men are supposed to be, but rather compassion, care, commitment, loyalty, integrity and drive....MLB, the Dodgers and players everywhere lost a very good and kind man today." SKU: X03338
Item: X03338
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