Perfection Personified! Yankees' Man of the Moment, Don Larsen first pitch of game 5 to Gilliam, and of course it was a strike. Larsen hurled first...
Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher Clem Labine and Jackie Robinson in locker room during World Series. They're both holding up three fingers indicating the...
Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, Sal Maglie and Gil Hodges celebrate in the locker room after the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in Game 1 of...
The Brooklyn Dodgers' starting lineup is ready to take on the New York Yankees in the World Series at Ebbets Field: Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Gil...
Don Larsen, the only pitcher ever to hurl a perfect World Series game, suits up with the Chicago Cubs, and arms up in their bullpen during game with...
World Series foes meet in gladness before today's exhibition game between the Yankees and Dodgers. Both league's MVPs flank the teams' managers. From...
The day was cold and the outlook grim as Casey Stengel, Yankee manager sat in the dugout during batting practice before the start of today's seventh...
Yogi Berra of the Yankees is scoring on his first inning homer in the last game of the World Series at Ebbets Field. He drove Bauer in ahead of him...
An indication that it never rains but pours. In the 1956 World Series the Dodgers didn't have a southpaw to send against the Yankees. Now they have...
Sal Maglie is shown as he donned a Yankee uniform today after being traded from the Brooklyn Dodgers. At left is Yogi Berra, star catcher for the...
Mighty Yogi Berra of the Yankees is shown being welcomed home after his Homeric clout with bases loaded in the second inning of the second World...
Here's a view of the diamond at Ebbet's Field after Yankee catcher Yogi Berra hit one over the wall with the bases loaded in the second inning of the...
Stevenson's off to a ball game. New York: Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson stands in an open car with New York Governor Averell...
Yankee switcher Mickey Mantle crosses home plate after hitting a mighty two-run homer over the right field fence in the first inning of the world...
Brooklyn, New York: Buzzie Bavasi, Dodgers vice president and general manager, covers up in a bit of horse play during a talk with pitchers Don...
On hand for opening day of spring training February 22, at Vero Beach, are these world champion Brooklyn Dodger catchers. In front are Roy Campanella...
At five o'clock every morning, rain or shine, pretty 15 year old Carol Heiss turned out of her Ozone Park, New York home for another in an endless...
American baseball player Walter Johnson , pitcher for the Washington Senators, and Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack shake hands near the...
Yankee catcher Yogi Berra didn't waste time removing his mask to hop all over the hero of the fifth game of the World Series, 27-year-old righthander...
The fifth man in World Series history to hit a Grand Slam Homer, Yankee catcher yogi Berra, crosses home plate after his classic sock in the second...
Podres Reclassified. Brooklyn, New York. Lefty Johnny Podres, world Series pitching ace of Brooklyn Dodgers, adives the Dodger management December...
New Jersey Little Leaguer Wilbur Robinson leaps high for a ball thrown by catcher Bob Brush as Ferrell Dunham of the New Mexico team slides safely...
Don Larsen reads about his perfect game here. He pitched a no-hitter for the New York Yankees against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series.
New York, NY: Yankee heroes ot today's fourth World Series game show signs of victory in the dressing after 6-2 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers....
Walter Alston, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who led them to seven NL pennants and four World Series victories.
This is a general view of the 2nd game of the World Series at Ebbets Field between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees.
"Let's do it again this year," seems to be the reaction of Dodger manager Walt Alston as he musses the hair of World Series ace Johnny Podres. Podres...
Dodger pitcher Johnny Podres, last year's World Series hero, holds a whispered conversation with manager Walter Alston, after reporting to the Dodger...
Syrian President Shukry El Kuwatly and Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser shake hands, as Saudi Arabia's King Saud looks on smilingly after the...
Brooklyn, New York-: General view of the diamond and Ebbets Field, scene of the 1956 World Series opener which the Brooklyn Dodgers won 6-3.
New York, NY-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: This sequence shows the play which earned Yankee centerfielder Mickey Mantle a special hug from teammate Don...
New York, NY: Here's a view of the diamond at Ebbets Field during the round-the-horn double play that broke up a Dodger threat in the first inning of...
Here is the battery whose names will join those of other baseball immortals- pitcher Don Larsen and catcher Yogi Berra of the Yankees- the battery in...
Things look very different today for Yankee manager Casey Stengel who gives out with a broad wink in the dressing room after his Bombers squared up...
Sequence of photographs of New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitching against the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 5th game of the 1956 World Series....
Don Larsen pitches for the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, on October 8, 1956. Larsen no hit the...
New York: Don Larsen, 27 year old Yankee right hander, wrote his own line of baseball history today by pitching the first perfect game ever pitched...
Wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam instead of that of the Brooklyn Dodgers, pitcher Johnny Podres, who covered himself with glory as he helped win the...
The World Series flag is proudly raised over Ebbets Field as a feature of the opening day ceremony as the Dodgers played host to the Phillies today....
New York: Don Larsen, 27 year old Yankee right hander, wrote his own line of baseball history today by pitching the first perfect game ever pitched...
Dodger third baseman Jackie Robinson and manager Walter Alston pose in the dugout just before the fifth World Series game amid rumors that Robinson...
Yankee manager Casey Stengel paternally pats the head of pitcher Don Larsen who tossed a perfect no-hitter against the Dodgers to win the fifth game...
New York: Wiping Away The Dew Of Fame-- Smiling happily , Yankee pitcher Don Larsen is drying off after his historic victory at Yankee Stadium today....
Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers is shown sliding safely into second as Billy Martin gets McDougald's throw too late, while Hodges, who singled races...
Yogi Berra jumps up and down as he hugs teammate Don Larsen, following Larsen's feat of pitching the first perfect game in World Series history in...
Here's a dramatic scene as the 6th game of the 1956 World Series ended in a Dodger victory when Junior Gilliam crossed the plate with the lone run of...
The Duke slides in with two-bagger. Yankee Stadium, NY: Duke Snider of the Dodgers slides safely into second with a two-bagger in the fourth frame of...
Johnny Podres, the Dodgers World Series hero now in Uncle Sam's Navy was given leave for the opening of the baseball season at Ebbets Field today....
Larsen Pitches Perfect Game. New York: Yankee right-hand hurler Don Larsen shows the form he used on the mound at Yankee Stadium here as he pitched...
Mound History. New York: Sequence photo shows Yankee pitcher Don Larsen as he hurled the first perfect game on World Series history at Yankee Stadium...
The Writing on the Wall. New York: Yankee hurler Don Larsen studies the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium in the top of the 8th inning as he neared the...
Yankee hurler Don Larsen is surrounded by newsmen in his dressing room at Yankee Stadium after the 27-year-old right hander pitched the first perfect...
New York Yankee's pitcher Don Larsen delivers a third-strike pitch to dodger pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell for the final out in the first perfect game...
Dodger captain PeeWee Reese watches helplessly as Yankee catcher Yogi Berra prepares to catch his pop-up for out number one in the sixth inning of...
The Writing on the Wall. New York: Yankee hurler Don Larsen studies the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium in the top of the 8th inning as he neared the...
In this prophetic photo, previously unserviced Jackie Robinson packs away his Dodger uniform, with the number 42 which he made famous, after the...
Yankee catcher Yogi Berra jumps up and down as he hugs teammate Don Larsen, following Larsen's feat of pitching the first perfect game in World...
