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Roy Campanella played 10 seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948 to 1957 and was a force both at the plate and behind the plate as a catcher. He played on five pennant-winning clubs, including the 1955 World Champions. That season, the eight-time All-Star won his third National League Most Valuable Player award after hitting 32 home runs and driving in 107 runs. He also won Most Valuable Player honors in 1951 and 1953, when he led the league with a Brooklyn-record 142 runs batted in and a career-high 41 home runs. His career was cut short by a tragic automobile accident that left him paralyzed, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
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