WILLIE SANCHEZ

WILLIE SANCHEZ

Inducted in 2001 Graduated in 1964 from El Paso High School after an outstanding athletic career From 1964-1968, he played varsity baseball at Denver University as well as one year of varsity basketball Named Head Baseball Coach for El Paso High School in 1970 Started his career in professional baseball as the General Manager in Daytona Beach Florida for a Los Angeles Dodgers farm team He also served as General Manager in El Paso and Albuquerque with Dodger farm teams In 1978, he was selected as Pacific Coast League Executive of the Year and Minor League Executive of the Year Inducted into the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 Named Director and Coordinator for the 1980 Major League All Star Game held in Los Angeles Inducted into the El Paso High School Hall of Fame in 2000 Devoted over 40 years to the game of baseball first as a player, a General Manager, an All Star Game Director and as an agent

Area: Eastside / Eastwood

Source: El Paso Baseball Hall Of Fame 2

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