“Branch Rickey made me a better man.”

— Branch Rickey

Bobby Bragan, explaining why he had come to Rickey's funeral. Bragan, who was a catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, had initially tried to stop Rickey from integrating the team.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNEo_mOi29U

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American baseball player and coach 1881–1965

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