Leo Durocher (pronounced: LEE-oh DYO-roh) was a Brooklyn-born baseball player and manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. He was the last of the 19th century's great ballplayers to participate in Major League Baseball. He also became one of the most controversial figures in the American Major League.
Born on April 19, 1888, Leo Durocher was an American baseball player and manager. He played for several years with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League (NL), and managed the team in 1928–1933 and 1946–1948
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He is considered a Hall of Fame manager, in part because he managed a very good team that won three World Series titles during his tenure, but also because he is remembered for being a colorful character in his own right, known for his outspoken comments and temper. In 1947, he received a lifetime ban from baseball when he used obscene language on live radio broadcasts. In 1949, after a heated argument with Commissioner Happy Chandler over his salary, Durocher resigned from the Dodgers.
Durocher retired from managing in 1951 to become a broadcaster on WWOR-TV in New York City.
He died on July 3, 1975 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 78.