Athlete (1943-44)( 1947-48) Alvin Dark

[Turbine]

Should Alvin Dark be in the MLB Hall of Fame?

Baseball Fever is running a poll on the subject.

LINK

[RaginFan2]

Should Alvin Dark be in the MLB Hall of Fame?

Baseball Fever is running a poll on the subject.

LINK

You mean he's NOT? WTF. Of course he deserves to be in.

[Boomer]

What a game in NO that summer after the NY vs Clev. Series the year before ---I was in the stands yelling for my idol George Strickland of the Indians who I had met a couple of times---For got who won the game but a thrill for a 10 year old!!!!! Pelican Stadium's maybe best show ever as far as the 2 top ranked teams in baseball to play there!!!!

[NewsCopy]

  Beginning his major league baseball playing career with the Boston Braves in 1946, and ending it with the Milwaukee Braves in 1960, Alvin Dark was one of the top shortstops in the post-World War II era.

There are baseball experts who think Dark might be in the Hall of Fame had he not had to delay his debut in the big leagues until after completing his military service in World War II.

Alvin attended LSU in 1942 and was outstanding in football as well as baseball. He transferred through the V-12 program to the University of Louisiana where in 1943, Dark quarterbacked an undefeated team which won the Oil Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles drafted him, but after serving in Asia during the war, he chose baseball.

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Real Sports Heroes with Ross Porter

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  EASLEY — Alvin Dark was in five Worlds Series as a player or manager, with his career spanning from 1946 to 1978. Part one of our interview was in the October 30, Easley Progress. When we spoke then, we also asked him about all the baseball greats he played with.

Easley Progress: You played with so many great players. Let’s talk about some of them.

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Joe DiMaggio and Alvin Dark

[Turbine]

5 World Series the guy belongs in the Hall of Fame.

[CajunFun]

http://ultoday.com/node/sports-headlines

[Turbine]

After the start of the article I was surprised to see they noted how he picked UL after the war.

It is relative to the era but on the subject of the greatest football team in UL history I would go further and say that the Oil bowl team of 1944 was the greatest football "team" in collegiate history.

[BeauCajun]

Also nice that the folks in BR named a street just off campus, after one of OUR grads.

[CajunFun]

_ Also nice that the folks in BR named a street just off campus, after one of OUR grads. _

Beau,

Good seeing you & the missus. And thanks again!

Papa Joe