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Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella, left, congratulates his battery mate, Don Newcombe, in the dressing room at the Polo Grounds in New York on Sept. 2, 1949. Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H., is being recognized for hosting the country's first racially integrated baseball team, the Nashua Dodgers, in 1946. The club was a minor league league affiliate of the Dodgers, which included Hall of Famer Campanella and future Cy Young Award winner Newcombe. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmern, File)

New Hampshire town recognized for historic role in racially integrating baseball in the 1940s

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Brooklyn Dodgers' Roy Campanella, left, and New York Yankees' Yogi Berra, rival catchers, exchanged greetings before an exhibition game on March 25, 1955.(AP Photo) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Berra, Campanella defined an era of greatness

By Thom Loverro

FILE - This is a Feb. 28, 1951, file photo showing Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Donald Newcombe in Vero Beach, Fla. Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in the major leagues and who went on to win the rookie of the year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards, has died. He was 92. The team confirmed that Newcombe died Tuesday morning, Feb. 19, 2019, after a lengthy illness. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File) **FILE**

Former Dodgers great Don Newcombe dies at 92

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