Quotes

Duke Snider

Walter O’Malley and Duke Snider chat regarding Snider’s broken right elbow in O’Malley’s box at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Circa 1958.

Courtesy of University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections

Mr. O’Malley loved his players and his team. He was a person who loved to have fun with people. We were all part of a family. Whenever I’d see him, Mr. O’Malley would introduce me as ‘one of his boys.’ He once advanced me some money on my salary for personal reasons.

Duke Snider

LOS ANGELES TIMES, AUGUST 10, 1979