Walter Alston
Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, signing 23 one-year contracts with the team. Regarded as one of the greatest managers in baseball history, Alston was known for his calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes referred to as "the Quiet Man."
1 December 1911
Born on the same birth date (1 December 1911): Calvin Griffith
Born on the same birth day (1 December): Carole Monnet • Igor Rodionov • Matthew Shepard • Nikolai Voznesensky • Park Hyo-shin • Ross Edwards (cricketer) • Sandy Nelson • Sotelúm • Tisha Waller • Tyler Joseph
Born in the same month (December 1911): Dal Stivens • Danny O'Dea • Hans von Ohain • Jeanette Nolan • Jules Dassin • Lee J. Cobb • Louise Bourgeois • Nikos Gatsos • Nino Rota • Ryūzō Sejima • Władysław Szpilman