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Dominic Paul DiMaggio. February 12, 1917 - May 8, 2009
This is the site of the originals DiMaggio's restaurant founded by the five DiMaggio brothers in 1937. Tom, the oldest of the 9 children of Sicilian immigrant presents, ran it until the youngest, Dominic Paul DiMaggio, took over responsibilities in the 1970s. Dominic was part of the most celebrated brother to ever play professional baseball. The trio included Vince who played for 5 major league teams including the Pittsburgh Pirates. Joe, who played for the New York Yankees and Dominic who played for the Boston Red Sox. All three brothers played center field. Dominic, known as the little professor by Boston fans for his small stature and glasses was admired and respected as much for his successful business profession and philanthropy as for his illustrious baseball career. Dom was a seven time all star for the Red Sox and has a 34 game hitting streak in the summer of 1949 that remains a Red Sox record today in 2014. 64 years later. He was inducted into the Italian American sports hall of fame in 1978 and into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995. Dom's baseball careers was interrupted by World War II when he served in the navy 1943-45. Because he was respectacled, he was not accepted into the service initially, determined to servce his county, he wrote to the undersecretary of defense and was granted a special exemption to be able to serve.

After his playing career, he started a successful manufacturing company. He remained active in many medical and educational charitable and civic causes. One such cause was the American professional baseball players association, an organization that helped support older players not covered by a retirement plane. Until his death, Dom requested donations for the APBPA from each person to whom he gave an autograph. He was a founding partner of the Boston patriots, now the NFL New England Patriots. Although he remaining on the east coast with his family, he never forgot his beloved home. He returned very few months to check up on the cityt, visit the wharf, see family and childhood friends, and catch some Pacific Salmon. In retirement, Dominic indulged in his three passions, business, baseball and singing "I left my heart in San Francisco.

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