DATE: 1957 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers SUBJECTS: Chuck Dressen, Pants Rowland, Walter Alston APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8-1/8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: Clipped caption from unidentified publication article in which the photo ran remains affixed to the verso. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 2 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Charles Walter Dressen was born in 1898 in Decatur, IL and died in 1966 in Detroit, MI. He played major league baseball from 1925 to 1933 as infielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants. Dressen played as a quarterback for George Halas in the American Professional Football Association, prior to its name-change to the NFL, and then played a couple more seasons in the NFL. Dressen managed the 1934-37 Cincinnati Reds, 1951-53 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955-57 Washington Senators, 1960-61 Milwaukee Braves and the 1963-66 Detroit Tigers. He was a Brooklyn Dodgers coach from 1939 to 1946 and a member of the New York Yankees staff in 1947 and 1948. Clarence Henry Rowland was born in 1879 in Platteville, WI and died in 1969 in Chicago, IL. Rowland was a minor league catcher who never made the major leagues as a player. After managing various teams in the Three-I League from 1911 to 1914 and the Chicago White Sox in 1915-1918, he was manager and part owner of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1919. He was an American League umpire from 1923 to 1927. Next Rowland Scouted for the Cincinnati Reds (1929-1930) and Chicago Cubs (1933-1941). He was named GM of the Los Angeles Angels, and was named Minor League Executive of the Year in 1943. Rowland was president of the Pacific Coast League from 1944-1954, during which time he pushed for the American League and National League to recognize the PCL as a third major league. Rowland was vice president of the Chicago Cubs in 1954-1955 and 1959. In 2005 he was elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. Walter Emmons Alston (Smokey) was born in 1911 in Venice, OH and died in 1984 in Oxford, OH. He went to college at Miami University. He played major league baseball for a single season in a single game in 1936 as 1st baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. A reporter once asked Alston about his playing record; he said, "Well, I came up to bat for the Cards back in '36, and Lon Warneke struck me out. That's it." Alston went on to manage the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 to 1976. As a manager, Alston was noted for his studious approach to the game (he had taught school in the off-season while in the minors) and for signing 23 one-year contracts with the Dodgers at a time when multi-year contracts were becoming the norm in the sport. SKU: L15103
Item: L15103
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