Al Campanis
American executive in Major League Baseball
Born on: November 2, 1916Died on: June 21, 1998
Aged: 81 years 231 days (979 months)
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Alexander Sebastian Campanis was an American executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He had a brief major league playing career, as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943; he was the first Greek player in MLB history.
Campanis is most famous for his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968 to 1987, from which he was fired on April 8, 1987, as a result of controversial remarks regarding black people in baseball made during an interview on Nightline two days earlier.
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