The Greatest Athlete To Wear #37 is Casey Stengel.
Notable #37’s. Keith Hernandez was an outstanding first baseman for the Cardinals and Mets. Maybe the best defensive first baseman I’ve seen. He’s one of those players who was a star but not quite great enough for the Hall of Fame. Dave Stieb is the finest pitcher in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays. Bill Lee was best known as being a flake but he was also a pretty good pitcher for the Red Sox in the 1970’s. In football Lester Hayes was one of the best cornerbacks of his era. He should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jimmy Johnson was a fine defensive back for 16 seasons in the NFL-all with the 49ers. Doak Walker won the 1948 Heisman Trophy and went on to play for the Detroit Lions. Shaun Alexander had a few monster years as a running back for the Seahawks. In hockey Eric Desjardins was a fine defenseman for the Phlly Flyers.
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #37 is Casey Stengel. Stengel was a fine player in his day but is remembered most and selected as the greatest #37 because of his time managing the New York Yankees. In his 14 years with the Yankees he won 11 pennants and 8 World Series titles. One of the greatest managers in baseball history.
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Best Casey quote ever; “The secret to successful managing is to keep the players who hate you away from the ones who are undecided.”
Casey had a lot of great quotes- I have a book of them…and I agree with you- that is his best quote!
no argument on stengel – i probably would have gone hayes.but i have a bias there.
the decision was – stengel the manager..does that qualify him? since he wore a #.. i voted yes.. if I didn’t count Casey – it would have come down to Lester or Keith Hernandez.
i think its a good call