Tommy Brown, a Brooklyn native and standout from the ‘Boys of Summer’-era Dodgers who also played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, passed away Wednesday, as reported by Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer.
He was 97 years old.
Brown was the last surviving member of the historic 1947 Dodgers team that broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
Brooklyn Dodger Tommy "Buckshot" Brown died this morning, after contracting pneumonia while convalescing from a fall, his daughter told me. He was 97, the last living member of the 1947 Dodgers, and the #1 person in the world I wanted to interview.