Thursday 7 June 2018

6) Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe

Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe (1908 – 1969). American third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball.

- "Waving goodbye, the impeccably dressed young man with fiery red hair and ruddy complexion hurriedly boarded the Cleveland-bound train." https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/f388510d

- "Red Rolfe got his nickname the way most “Reds” get their nickname — he had bright red hair." https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2014/07/31/rolfe-quietest-manager-tigers-ever/

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