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Biography of Sandy KoufaxName: Sandy KoufaxBirth Date: December 30, 1945 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: baseball player Sandy Koufax Many consider Sandy Koufax (born 1945) to be one of the best left-handed pitchers of all time. He had six exemplary seasons in the 1960s. After a slow start, his baseball career was cut short by problems with his pitching arm. Still, his accomplishments on the field led to his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.Koufax was born Sanford Braun on December 30, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jack (a salesman) and Evelyn (an accountant) Braun. His parents divorced when Koufax was three years old. Six years later, his mother married Irving Koufax, an attorney. Jack Braun had also remarried, and soon stopped calling his son and paying child support. Koufax took his stepfather's name. Irving Koufax encouraged his stepson in all pursuits, including baseball and other sports.Koufax preferred basketball to baseball as a youth. When he did play the latter, in sandlot games …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. And when he was suddenly, tragically done with baseball, he slipped into a life nearly monastic in its privacy." Further Reading American Jewish Biographies, Lakeville Press, 1982.The Ballplayers: Baseball's Ultimate Biographical Reference, edited by Mike Shatzkin, Arbor House/William Morrow, 1990.Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball, edited by David L. Porter, Greenwood Press, 1987.Hickok, Ralph, The Encyclopedia of North American Sports History, Facts on File, 1992.Hickok, Ralph, A Who's Who of Sports Champions: Their Records and Stories, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995.Karst, Gene, and Martin J. Jones, Jr., Who's Who in Professional Baseball, Arlington House, 1973.Leavy, Jane, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, HarperCollins, 2002.Light, Jonathon Frasier, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, McFarland and Company, Inc., 1997.Who's Who in America 1999, Marquis Who's Who, 1998.Denver Post, May 2, 1999.Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1990; July 15, 1999; October 25, 1999.New York Times, August 23, 1980; May 7, 1988.San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 1999.Sports Illustrated, April 25, 1994; July 12, 1999. |