Branch Rickey collapses over the podium

On November 13, 1965 — At the beginning of his induction speech at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Branch Rickey collapses over the podium as he mumbles to the audience, “I don’t believe I’m going to be able to speak any longer.” The 83 year-old baseball executive, who suffered a massive heart attack on stage, will remain unconscious while in intensive care at Boone County Memorial Hospital in Columbia, Missouri before dying three weeks later.

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