Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, died at the age of 97 this week. Brown, who played ...

Born Thomas Michael Brown on Dec. 6, 1927, in Brooklyn, he signed with his hometown ... Brown spent the 1946 season serving ...

In three years in the big leagues, Jackie Robinson had become a superstar, despite racial equality developing slowly across ...

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player ... Brown homered the following season, in his 66th career game and about a month prior to his 18th ...

He was 16 when he made his debut as a shortstop in an Ebbets Field doubleheader, becoming the youngest position player in ...

A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has ...

Former Brooklyn Dodger Tommy Brown, the youngest position player to debut and last living member of the 1947 Dodgers, died at ...

The Dodgers signed Preacher Roe a few years ... he returned to Brooklyn to play in the 1947 season. That year, Brooklyn general manager Branch Rickey promoted first baseman Jackie Robinson ...

Brooklyn Dodger Tommy "Buckshot" Brown died this morning, after contracting pneumonia while convalescing from a fall, his ...

Born Thomas Michael Brown on Dec. 6, 1927, in Brooklyn ... Brown spent the 1946 season serving in the U.S. Army. He returned to the Dodgers in 1947, joining a roster that included future Hall ...