Gil Hodges suffers heart attack and passes away

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April 2, 1972, New York Mets manager Gil Hodges collapses just minutes after completing a round of golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, and dies of a heart attack. The popular Hodges dies just two days before his 48th birthday. Hodges had guided the Mets to their “miraculous” World Series championship in 1969. The club will name current first base coach and former Yankee skipper Yogi Berra to run the team when the strike-delayed season begins.

 

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