Known as one of the fastest baseball players during his era, Willie Davis was a Dodgers legend. Today the 69-year-old was found at dead in his Burbank… ...

Willie Davis was not the best player ever to wear a Dodgers uniform, but he ranked among the most exciting. …. Nobody darted from first base to third faster than Davis. … The greatest center ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Willie Davis, the speedy former All-Star center fielder who spent most of his 18-season Major League Baseball career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of 69.

William Henry Davis was born on April 15, 1940, in Mineral Springs, Ark. His family moved to Los Angeles, where he became a world-class track star at Roosevelt High School.

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