Did you know? Given name was Homer Elliott Jr. ... served in the US Army during WWII, missing the entire 1944-45 seasons ... won a World Series title with the Dodgers in 1955, the team's first and only championship in Brooklyn ... his son Louis was a minor league catcher in the Yankees organization.
Post-game: Worked as a scout for the Milwaukee Braves and Houston Colt 45s, managed briefly in the minor leagues, worked as a salesman for various Louisville companies and later served as the Vice President of Pee Wee Reese Associates, an insurance firm headed by his former teammate and a fellow Kentuckian ... was inducted into the Male High School HOF in 1988 ... died on October 7, 1990 at age 70.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Johnson City Press, 1/25/1965; Louisville Courier-Journal, 5/20/1959, 8/8/1962, 4/26/1965, 5/2/1971, 4/22/1988, 10/7/1990; Madisonville Messenger, 11/3/1966; Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 4/14/19633; The Sporting News, 11/24/1948; Tampa Tribune, 7/29/1961.
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