Friday, March 10, 2017

Brooklyn Dodgers

June 2, 1981 Brooklyn, NY
NY State Governor Hugh Carey proclaimed this day Brooklyn Dodgers Day to help kick of a campaign to elect Gil Hodges to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A reunion of Dodgers also coincided with a movement sponsored by State Senator Tom Bartosiewicz and Assemblyman John Branca (Ralph's brother) to bring a team back to Brooklyn.

June 7, 1984 Brooklyn, NY

Inaugural dedication of the Brooklyn dodgers Hall of Fame, held at the Brooklyn Public Library. Commemorative cover to honor the event inducting Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo and Carl Erskine in the Hall of Fame.

Marty Adler (1937-2013) was an educator and Brooklyn Dodger advocate. When Jackie Robinson died in 1972, Adler campaigned to have his school, Crown Heights Intermediate School 320 renamed for Robinson, not just as a baseball player, but has a human rights activist.

In 1984 Adler helped create the Dodger exhibit at the central Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza and held the first ceremony outside the building on the front steps. Inducted that day were Gil Hodges, represented by his widow Joan, Carl Furillo and Carl Erskine - The Boys of Summer...






Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame Program

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June 8, 1985 Anderson, In - Gas Light Festival
Madison County Bicentennial Stamp Club
Carl Erskine honored by his hometown
 
June 17, 1988 Back to Brooklyn Day
Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame
Cookie Lavagetto, Cal Abrams
Zaso Silk cachet Ballpark Series - Ebbets Field


October 4, 2005 Cooperstown, NY
commemorative pictorial cancel honoring the 1955 World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers

1957
Montreal Royals 1954 (Dodger farm team)

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