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  • Call NumberDODG_1209
  • TitleHow I feel to be the son of a baseball hero.
  • SummarySchool report by the son of Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella. Report reads: "How I feel to be the son of a baseball hero. I don't feel any different from anybody else. I go to the Queens School and I'm [in] the 5th grade. I have a lot of friends there. I do my studies. After school I like to play punchball and basketball with my friends. Sometimes I watch the ballgames to see Daddy play. When Daddy comes home we talk about the game. I don't like it when the other Players get angry because daddy gets so many hits. One thing I do like is that little Jackie Robinson and I always know a lot about the baseball games. I like it when daddy gets a homerun. I always mark it on the calendar. I'm proud of him." Related asset: DODG_0045.
  • Date[1950?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 sheet
  • Genreessays
  • NoteTitle from materials.
  • CreatorCampanella, David
  • SubjectCampanella, Roy, 1921-1993 -- Family ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Classrooms -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderSports: Baseball: Dodgers: Campanella, Roy I