Roy Hartsfield and Carroll Beringer, both members of HoF manager Walt Alston's Dodgers coaching staff from 1969-72, died on consecutive days.
Hartsfield passed away January 15 at age 85 due to complications from liver cancer. He played for the Boston Braves from 1950-52, then later became the first manager ever of the Toronto Blue Jays, skippering the team from 1977-79.
Beringer died at age 82 on January 17th. His total coaching stint uner Alston was from 1967-72, after which he left to join another former Dodgers coach, Danny Ozark, on Ozark's staff with the Phillies.
If these two men are too obscure for you...deal with it.
Hartsfield passed away January 15 at age 85 due to complications from liver cancer. He played for the Boston Braves from 1950-52, then later became the first manager ever of the Toronto Blue Jays, skippering the team from 1977-79.
Beringer died at age 82 on January 17th. His total coaching stint uner Alston was from 1967-72, after which he left to join another former Dodgers coach, Danny Ozark, on Ozark's staff with the Phillies.
If these two men are too obscure for you...deal with it.
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