Sparky Anderson ✝

Anderson was born in Bridgewater, South Dakota, on February 22, 1934. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of eight. He was a batboy for the USC Trojans. He attended Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. Upon graduating, he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953.\n', ' Anderson\'s American Legion team won the 1951 national championship, which was played in Briggs Stadium (Tiger Stadium) in Detroit.\n', ' Anderson married Carol Valle on October 3, 1953. They had first met when each was in the fifth grade.\n', '