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This Day in Dodger History - January 28, 1958

Managers Alston, Stengel with Campanella		By Tot Holmes Publisher Date: Jan 27, 2007 In perhaps the blackest day in Brooklyn/Los Angeles history, Roy Campanella was paralyzed in a car accident that left him in a wheelchair until his death some 35 years later. Many felt that his high, arching drives would have cleared the Coliseum's 250-foot left field fence with such frequency that he would have broken the Major League home run record.

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This Day in Dodger History - January 28, 1958