Major League Baseball Player, Coach, Actor. For fourteen seasons (1957 to 1970), he was a catcher with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins and Washington Senators. Born John Junior Roseboro, he attended Ashland High School in Ohio, prior to being signed as an amateur free agent by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952. He made his Major League debut with the Dodgers on June 14, 1957 and played in 35 games with the Brooklyn Dodgers as a backup to Roy Campanella that year. Following Campanalla's offseason automobile accident which left him permanently paralyzed, Roseboro was assigned with the difficult task of replacing the three-time Most Valuable Player. Following the Dodgers' relocation to Los Angeles, he wasted no time making a name for himself in the National League as he achieved All-Star status. Roseboro experienced his first world championship with the Dodgers in 1959. He earned All-Star honors for the seasons of 1961 and 1962. The 1963 World Series, in which the Dodgers would prevail over the New York Yankees, saw Roseboro belt a three-run home run off Whitey Ford in game one. On August 22, 1965, at Candlestick Park, Roseboro was involved in a memorable altercation with Giants' ace Juan Marichal, which resulted in Marichal striking Roseboro over the head with a bat and both benches clearing. Roseboro required fourteen stitches to the head and later sued Marichal for damages. The result was a financial settlement. Marichal was suspended and fined for his offense. The two men would become friends as time went on after the incident. He experienced his third world championship with the Dodgers in 1965 and an additional National League Pennant the following season (1966). Roseboro moved on to the Minnesota Twins in 1968 and received All-Star honors in 1969. He contributed to Minnesota's reaching of the American League Championship Series in 1969. In 1,585 regular season games, he compiled 1,206 hits, with a .249 lifetime batting average. During the course of his years with the Dodgers, Roseboro caught two of Sandy Koufax's no hit games (1962 and 1963). He was the recipient of a Gold Glove Award twice (1961 and 1966). His career with the Dodgers led to opportunities to work as an actor. He experienced roles on the TV programs "Kraft Suspense Theatre," "Burke's Law" and "Dragnet 1966." Roseboro served as a bullpen coach with the Washington Senators in 1971 and with the California Angels from 1972 until 1974. At the time of his death, he was suffering from heart related issues, prostate cancer and complications from a stroke.