Walter Alston managed the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1954-1957. He then managed the Los Angeles Dodgers between 1958-1976.
The Brooklyn Robins
In Brooklyn, the Dodgers were first called the Trolley Dodgers, then the name was shortened to Dodgers.
Ebbets Field
The LA Dodgers were once the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the late 1950s, both the Dodgers and Giants (then a New York team) moved to California. Yes, they were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers when the team was in Brooklyn. They were also known as The Brooklyn Bums or just 'Da Bums. They were the working man's team as opposed to the mighty Yankees who were known as the elitist man's team: the blue collar vs. the white collar teams. During the period from the '30's through the early 50s, the Dodgers were also refered to as the Robins. In the 19th Century, before they were re-named the Dodgers, they were called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The Dodgers were known as the Robins out of respect to their Hall of Fame manager Wilbert Robinson during the 1910s and 1920s. Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 1890-1898 Brooklyn Superbas, 1899-1910 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1911-1913 Brooklyn Robins, 1914-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932-1957 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1958-present
The Brooklyn Robins were really the Brooklyn Dodgers. That was kind of an alternate name (used mostly by the media) from the '30s to the '50s. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The team went by the Robins between 1914-1931, mainly out of respect for their manager Wilbert Robinson.
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They were called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms because most of the team members had wives.
Yes. Between 1930-1943, there was a team in the NFL known as the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers changed their name to the Tigers for the 1944 season and then merged with the Boston Yanks in the 1945 season.
his name was Jack Roosevelt Robinson
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