Walter Alston
Walter 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
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 December 1911
CountryUnited States of America
Walter Alston quotes about
managers
I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
not-afraid coaches
I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches.
wish made managers
More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.