Jerry Coleman - San Diego, CA - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

This larger than life sculpture is 7.5 feet tall and depicts Padres player and sportscaster in his military pilot's uniform. He also wears a helmet with the eye shield raised.There is no signage concerning the artist or date but newspaper reports reveal that it was unveiled in 2012. See (visit link)

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"Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman (September 14, 1924 – January 5, 2014) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated Press, and was an All-Star in 1950 and later that year was named the World Series most valuable player. Yankees teams on which he was a player appeared in six World Series during his career, winning four times. Coleman served as a Marine Corps pilot in WW II and the Korean War, flying combat missions with the VMSB-341 Torrid Turtles (WWII) and VMA-323 Death Rattlers (Korea) in both wars. He later became a broadcaster, and he was honored in 2005 by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting contributions."

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