Koufax signs with Dodgers
12.22.1954 – Sandy Koufax (18 years old) posing with Dodger Scout Alex Campanis (L), and Dodger VP Fresco Thompson, after being signed as a $20,000 bonus player. Koufax played sandlot ball for the Parkviews in Brooklyn and attracted wide attention as a pitcher at the University of Cincinnati. Last year he hurled for the freshman…