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Henry Curtis Thompson (December 8, 1925 – September 30, 1969) was an American player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played primarily as a third baseman. A left-handed batter, he played with the Dallas Green Monarchs (1941), Kansas City Monarchs (1943, 1946–47, 1948), St. Louis Browns (1947) and New York Giants (1949–56).
Education. Tufts University ( BA) William Colridge Thompson Jr. (born July 10, 1953) [1] [2] [3] is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009.
Children. 4. Winston Conrad " Wink " Martindale (born December 4, 1933) [1] is an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer. He is best known for hosting Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998.
Bill Terry. William Harold Terry (October 30, 1898 – January 9, 1989) was an American professional baseball first baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants from 1923 to 1936 and managed the Giants from 1932 to 1941. Terry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
Giants Affiliation 1958–1984 logo Bill Thompson in 1984. In 1958, the team entered into a working agreement with the San Francisco Giants, who had moved from New York the previous winter, and were renamed the Fresno Giants, winning the California League pennant in their inaugural year.
Bobby Thomson. Robert Brown Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010) was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player, nicknamed " the Staten Island Scot ". [1] He was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants (1946–53, 1957), Milwaukee Braves (1954–57), Chicago Cubs (1958–59), Boston Red Sox (1960), and ...
Russell Pleasant Hodges (June 18, 1910 – April 19, 1971) [1] was an American sportscaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York Giants / San Francisco Giants. He is perhaps best remembered for his call of Bobby Thomson 's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"— The Giants win the pennant!
Cincinnati Reds ( 1959 – 1960) As manager. Chicago Cubs ( 1972 – 1974) Career highlights and awards. All-Star ( 1952) World Series champion ( 1954) Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman (July 25, 1926 – March 17, 2009) [1] was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League ...