Walt Alston
Walt Alston
Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known for managing the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers between 1954 and 1976. Alston signed 23 one-year contracts with the Dodgers. He had a calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes also known as "The Quiet Man"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth1 December 1911
CountryUnited States of America
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.