Johnny Podres dies

Published on January 13, 2008 by Dan Holmes

Left-handed pitcher Johnny Podres, the legendary hero of Game Seven of the Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 World Series Championship, died on Sunday in Glens Falls, NY. Podres died just a short drive from Cooperstown, where a statue of him delivering a pitch in Game Seven stands in the courtyard outside the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Links:
Obit from NY Daily News
Official web site of Johnny Podres
Podres at TheBaseballPage.com


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