| LC control no. | n 91020395 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Koufax, Sandy, 1935- |
| Variant(s) | Koufax, Sanford, 1935- |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0003 7419 3805 75486888 Q440256 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1935-12-30 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Baseball Pitching (Baseball) |
| Affiliation | Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
| Profession or occupation | Pitchers (Baseball) Baseball players |
| Found in | Sandy Koufax, 1991: CIP t.p.(Sandy Koufax) LC data base, 2-27-91 (hdg.: Koufax, Sanford, 1935-) Wikipedia, March 20, 2015 (Sandy Koufax; Sanford "Sandy" Koufax; birth name: Sanford Braun; born December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York; baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. He retired at the peak of his career, and in 1972 became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, aged 36 years and 20 days. Koufax was the first major leaguer to pitch four no-hitters (including the eighth perfect game in baseball history) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax> National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website, 23 May 2023: Sandy Koufax entry (Sanford "Sandy" Koufax; inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1972; primary team: Los Angeles Dodgers; primary position: pitcher) <https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/koufax-sandy> |
| Associated language | eng |
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