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<mask>'Malley (October 9, 1903 – August 9, 1979) was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. In 1958, as owner of the Dodgers, he brought major league baseball to the West Coast, moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles despite the Dodgers being the second most profitable team in baseball from 1946 to 1956,  and coordinating the move of the New York Giants to San Francisco at a time when there were no teams west of Kansas City, Missouri. For this, he was long vilified by Brooklyn Dodgers fans. However, Pro-O'Malley parties describe him as a visionary for the same business action, and many authorities cite him as one of the most influential sportsmen of the 20th century. Other observers say that he was not a visionary, but instead a man who was in the right place at the right time, and regard him as the most powerful and influential owner in baseball after moving the team. O'Malley was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for his contributions to and influence on the game of baseball in 2008. O'Malley's father, Edwin Joseph O'Malley, was politically connected.<mask>, a University of Pennsylvania salutatorian, went on to obtain a Juris Doctor, and he used the combination of his family connections, his personal contacts, and both his educational and vocational skills to rise to prominence. First, he became an entrepreneur involved in public works contracting, and then he became an executive with the Dodgers. He progressed from being a team lawyer to being both the Dodgers' owner and president, and he eventually made the business decision to relocate the Dodgers franchise. Although he moved the franchise, O'Malley is known as a businessman whose major philosophy was stability through loyalty to and from his employees. O'Malley ceded the team presidency to his son, Peter, in 1970 but retained the titles of owner and chairman of the Dodgers until his death in 1979. During the 1975 season, the Dodgers' inability to negotiate a contract with Andy Messersmith led to the Seitz decision, which limited the baseball reserve clause and paved the way for modern free agency. He bequeathed the team to his children Peter O'Malley and Therese O'Malley Seidler upon his death in 1979.Early years

<mask>'Malley was the only child of Edwin Joseph O'Malley (1881–1953), who worked as a cotton goods salesman in the Bronx in 1903. Edwin O'Malley later became the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City. <mask>'s mother was Alma Feltner (1882–1940). O'Malley grew up as a Bronx-born New York Giants fan. He frequently attended Giants games at the Polo Grounds with his uncle Clarence. O'Malley was a Boy Scout who rose to the rank of Star Scout. O'Malley attended Jamaica High School in Queens from 1918 to 1920 and then the Culver Academy (the eventual high school alma mater of future New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner) in Indiana.He managed both the baseball and tennis teams, served on the executive staff of the student newspaper, was a member of the Hospital Visitation Committee as well as the debate team, Bible Discipline Committee and the YMCA. At Culver, his baseball career was ended with a baseball that hit him on the nose. Later, he attended the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and graduated in 1926 as the senior class Salutatorian. At Penn, he was initiated into Theta Delta Chi, and he also served as president of the Phi Deuteron Charge. Upon his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science his father gave him a cabin cruiser that slept eight. He was also Junior and Senior class president. O'Malley originally enrolled at Columbia University in New York City for law school, but after his family lost their money in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, he switched from Columbia Law School to night school at Fordham University.Edwin O'Malley's dry goods business was failing and <mask> had to help run the business. Personal
On September 5, 1931, he married Katherine Elizabeth "Kay" Hanson (1907–79), whom he had dated since high school, at Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. They had two children: Therese O'Malley Seidler (born 1933) and Peter O'Malley (born 1937). Kay had been diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 1927 before the engagement and had to have her larynx removed. She was unable to speak above a whisper the rest of her life. Edwin O'Malley encouraged <mask> to break off his engagement, and after <mask> refused his parents did not attend the wedding. O'Malley was a smoker, who golfed occasionally, but more commonly gardened for recreation.In 1944, he remodelled his parents' summer house in Amityville, New York and relocated his family there from Brooklyn. The house was next door to the house Kay had grown up and her parents lived next door. As a family man, he attended church regularly, attended Peter's football games at LaSalle Academy, chaperoned his daughter's dances. On summer weekends he took the family sailing on his boat, which was named Dodger. Pre-baseball career
After he completed his law degree in 1930 at Fordham Law, he worked as an assistant engineer for the New York City Subway. After earning his law degree he needed to obtain a clerkship, but it was during the depression and no one could afford to hire him. He allowed a struggling lawyer to use space in his office and paid for his own clerkship.After working for the Subway, he worked for Thomas F. Riley, who owned the Riley Drilling Company, and they formed the partnership of Riley and O'Malley. With the help of Edwin O'Malley's political connections, <mask>'s company received contracts from the New York Telephone Company and the New York City Board of Education to perform geological surveys. Subsequently, <mask> started the Walter F. O'Malley Engineering Company and published the Subcontractors Register with his uncle, Joseph O'Malley (1893–1985). <mask> eventually concentrated on the field of law, starting with work on wills and deeds. By 1933, he was senior partner in a 20-man Midtown Manhattan law firm. He developed the business habits of smoking cigars and of answering questions only after taking two puffs. During the Great Depression, O'Malley represented bankrupt companies and enriched himself, while building his thriving law practice.He invested wisely in firms such as the Long Island Rail Road, Brooklyn Borough Gas Company, the New York Subways Advertising Company, a building materials firm, a beer firm and some hotels. His success begot both influence and attention. The Brooklyn Democratic Machine powers such as judge Henry Ughetta and Brooklyn Trust Company president George Vincent McLaughlin were among those who noticed the rising O'Malley. Dodgers

McLaughlin had been New York City Police Commissioner in 1926, knew O'Malley's father, and had attended Philadelphia Athletics games with O'Malley when O'Malley was still at the University of Pennsylvania. McLaughlin hired O'Malley to administer mortgage foreclosures against failing businesses for the Trust Company. O'Malley earned McLaughlin's confidence by acting in numerous capacities including bodyguard, valet, chauffeur, adopted son, confidant and right-hand man. The trust company owned the estate of Charles Ebbets, who had died in 1925 and owned half of the Brooklyn Dodgers.It was 1933 when <mask> again met George V. McLaughlin, president of the Brooklyn Trust Company. O'Malley was chosen to protect the company's financial interests in the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933. O'Malley also served as designated driver for the hard drinking McLaughlin. It was through McLaughlin that <mask> was brought into the financial arrangements for Ebbets Field in 1940. In 1942, when Larry MacPhail resigned as general manager to serve in the United States Army as a Lieutenant colonel, O'Malley was appointed the attorney for the Dodgers, and he obtained a minority ownership interest on November 1, 1944. He purchased 25% as did Branch Rickey and  John L. Smith  (president of Pfizer Chemical), while the heirs of Stephen McKeever retained the final quarter. In 1943, he replaced Wendell Willkie as chief legal counsel.Branch Rickey, who had built the St. Louis Cardinals into champions, replaced MacPhail, and O'Malley began to accumulate stock in the Dodgers. Rickey was a teetotaler, while O'Malley enjoyed alcoholic beverages and tobacco. As O'Malley became more involved in affairs, he became critical of Rickey, the highest-paid individual in baseball, counting salary, attendance bonuses, and player contract sales commissions. O'Malley and Rickey had very different backgrounds and philosophies. It was O'Malley who put pressure on Rickey to fire manager Leo Durocher, who O'Malley felt was a drain on attendance. In board of directors meetings, O'Malley also opposed Rickey's extravagances. When he was with his political friends, he made fun of Rickey at every chance.Daily News columnist Jimmy Powers would deride Rickey for selling off players and for general miserliness. When Rickey asked O'Malley, the team lawyer, if he should sue, O'Malley said no. Powers' campaign became so public that after the 1946 season Rickey gave each player a new Studebaker, which gave O'Malley, a Dodgers shareholder, reason to speak ill of Rickey in the press. It got to the point where everything Rickey did was something O'Malley derided: O'Malley thought Rickey's construction of the state of the art Vero Beach spring training facility, known as Dodgertown, was extravagant; he thought Rickey's investment in the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference was questionable; he fought Rickey on the team's beer sponsor; and he demanded that players return their 1947 World Series rings before receiving the new ones Rickey ordered. As team lawyer, O'Malley had a role in breaking the racial barrier as well. In particular, he had a significant role in Rickey's top-secret search for suitable ballplayers to break the color barrier and then later he had a role in assessing the ongoing legal risks to the franchise. Other accounts, however, suggest that he played a lesser role in Robinson's signing.Control
When co-owner Smith died in July 1950, O'Malley convinced his widow to turn over control of the shares to the Brooklyn Trust Company, which O'Malley controlled as chief legal counsel. Rickey's contract as general manager was set to expire on October 28, 1950. Rickey's Dodgers stock was held on margin and he had fully levered life insurance policy. O'Malley lowballed Rickey with an offer of $346,000 (the purchase price). Rickey demanded $1 million ($ today). O'Malley eventually pursued a complicated buyout of Rickey, who had received an outside offer from William Zeckendorf of $1 million for his interests. There were varying accounts about the sincerity of the offer because Zeckendorf and Pittsburgh Pirates owner John Galbreath were fraternity brothers, but there is a lot of evidence that he had a sincere interest in acquiring the team.The outside offer triggered a clause in the partnership agreement whereby the asking price of a third party had to be matched if a current owner wanted to retain control and the third party would be compensated $50,000. The canceled $50,000 check would later include Rickey's signature showing that Zeckendorf turned over the $50,000 to Rickey. O'Malley replaced Rickey with Buzzie Bavasi. O'Malley became the president and chief stockholder (owner) on October 26, 1950. O'Malley assumed the title of president from Rickey, who was a trailblazer in baseball both for instituting the farm system and for breaking the racial barrier with Jackie Robinson. According to pitcher Clem Labine and noted author Roger Kahn, the first thing O'Malley did when he took over was assign Bavasi to enamor himself to Dick Young of the Daily News so that O'Malley would not have to worry about ever getting bad press from the Daily News. After the ownership transfer, O'Malley's rivalry with Rickey became very public.O'Malley forbade the speaking of Rickey's name in Dodgers offices with transgressors being subjected to a fine. He abolished Rickey's title of General Manager so that no front office person could perpetuate Rickey's role. In addition, when Rickey assumed the title with the Pittsburgh Pirates, O'Malley arranged for the Dodgers to omit the Pirates from their spring training schedule. Nonetheless, after the transfer, the Dodgers remained successful under O'Malley: they won the National League pennants in 1952, 1953, 1955—the year of their first World Series championship—and 1956. Under O'Malley, the Dodgers were the most overtly political post World War II franchise. In 1951, Brooklyn native and United States Congressman Emanuel Celler's Judiciary Committee investigated whether the reserve clause was in violation of federal anti-trust laws. Celler represented half of Brooklyn in Congress and O'Malley used the local press such as the Brooklyn Eagle to pressure Celler into backing off of the issue.During the 1951 season, the Dodgers engaged former West Point varsity baseball player and U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur to lure war veterans. O'Malley attempted to entice him to take the post of Commissioner of Baseball. After the 1956 season, O'Malley sold Ebbets Field to Marvin Kratter and agreed to lease the stadium for three years. Robinson had been a Rickey protege, and O'Malley did not have the same respect for Robinson that Rickey did. O'Malley referred to him as "Rickey's prima donna". Robinson did not like O'Malley's choice for manager, <mask>. Robinson liked to argue with umpires, and Alston rarely did so.Robinson derided Alston in the press. In 1955, Alston played Don Hoak at third base during the exhibition season. Robinson voiced his complaints to the press. Robinson did not get along with Bavasi either, and the three seasons under Alston were uncomfortable for Robinson. Robinson announced his retirement in Look magazine after the 1956 season. The signing of Robinson brought the team international fame, making O'Malley an international baseball ambassador to celebrities such as Iraq's King Faisal II. In 1954, Dodgers scout Al Campanis signed Sandy Koufax in large part for two reasons, according to a memo to O'Malley that said "No.1, he's a Brooklyn boy. No. 2, he's Jewish." Bavasi noted that "there were many people of the Jewish faith in Brooklyn." During the 1955 season, Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella had a medical billing controversy regarding neurosurgery services by Manhattan doctor Dr. Samuel Shenkman. Shenkman billed $9,500, an amount which Campanella forwarded to the Dodgers and the Dodgers refused to pay. O'Malley felt the doctor was overcharging: "It appears that [Dr. Shenkman] thought he was operating on Roy's bankroll..." The Dodgers had convinced Campanella to have the surgery after enduring a slump in 1954 following MVP seasons in 1951 and 1953.The surgery was intended to restore complete use of his hand. Despite having won the National League pennants in 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953, they lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series each time, which frustrated O'Malley and all Dodgers fans. In 1955, the team won the World Series for the first time in their history. However, attendance declined from a peak of 1.7 million in 1946 and 1947 to just over one million per year in the mid-1950s. With the advent of the affordable automobile and post-war prosperity, Brooklyn's formerly heterogeneous, middle-class fan base for the Dodgers began to splinter. A large white flight took place, and Ebbets Field's shabby condition and lack of parking spaces led to the loss of fans who relocated to Long Island. O'Malley tried to raise money and get the political backing to build a new ballpark elsewhere in Brooklyn.The one person whose backing he needed was Robert Moses, a powerful figure who influenced development in New York through the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. O'Malley envisioned a domed stadium near the Long Island Rail Road station on Brooklyn's west end, and even invited R. Buckminster Fuller to design the structure; Fuller, in conjunction with graduate students from Princeton University, constructed a model of the "Dodgers' Dome". Moses did not like O'Malley and derided O'Malley's pro-Brooklyn and pro-Irish sentiments in the press. O'Malley wanted to build a new Brooklyn Dodgers stadium at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenue, but Moses wanted the Dodgers to move to Queens and play in Flushing Meadows Park (the location where the New York Mets play today). Although O'Malley lined up bipartisan political support including New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, Moses blocked the sale of the land necessary for the planned new Brooklyn stadium. O'Malley bought the Chicago Cubs minor league baseball team, the Los Angeles Angels, as well as their stadium, Wrigley Field, from Philip Wrigley in 1956 at the winter baseball meetings, and during spring training, Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson traveled to the Dodgers' training camp at Vero Beach, Florida in an attempt to lure the franchise. O'Malley met with Moses at Moses' home after purchasing the Angels to discuss final offers from New York to no avail.O'Malley noticed the great success of the Milwaukee Braves after their move from Boston in 1953. They had a 43,000-seat stadium, parking for 10,000 cars and an arrangement for no city or real estate taxes. He also felt the limitations of the small landlocked Ebbets Field, which held less than 32,111 fans and accommodated only 700 parking spaces. Attendance between 1950 and 1957 was between 1,020,000 in 1954 and 1,280,000 in 1951. Ultimately, O'Malley decided to leave Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1957.

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 Robert Moses authority Robert Caro and other contemporaneous sports historians felt that Moses was more to blame for the Dodgers' leaving. The 1956 season had marked the end of the Jackie Robinson era in which the Dodgers won six pennants, lost two pennant series and finished as low as third only once in ten years, and the new era would begin in a new home.During the 1957 season, he negotiated a deal for the Dodgers to be viewed on an early pay TV network by the Skiatron Corporation subject to the approval of other teams and owners. The rest of baseball was not ready for the risks of such a venture and it did not pan out at the time. Move to Los Angeles

O'Malley is considered by baseball experts to be "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era." Following the 1957 Major League Baseball season, he moved the Dodgers to Los Angeles, and New York's Dodgers fans felt betrayed. O'Malley was also influential in getting the rival New York Giants to move west to become the San Francisco Giants, thus preserving the two teams' longstanding rivalry. He needed another team to go with him, for had he moved out west alone, the St. Louis Cardinals— away— would have been the closest National League team. The joint move made West Coast road trips more economical for visiting teams.O'Malley invited San Francisco Mayor George Christopher to New York to meet with Giants owner Horace Stoneham. Stoneham was considering moving the Giants to Minnesota, but he was convinced to join O'Malley on the West Coast at the end of the 1957 campaign. Since the meetings occurred during the 1957 season and against the wishes of Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick, there was media gamesmanship. On April 15, 1958, the Dodgers and Giants ushered in West Coast baseball at Seals Stadium. When O'Malley moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn the story transcended the world of sport and he found himself on the cover of Time. The cover art for the issue was created by sports cartoonist Willard Mullin, long noted for his caricature of the "Brooklyn Bum" that personified the team. The dual moves broke the hearts of New York's National League fans but ultimately were successful for both franchises – and for Major League Baseball as a whole.In fact, the move was an immediate success as well since the Dodgers set a major league single-game attendance record in their first home appearance with 78,672 fans. During the first year after the move, the Dodgers made $500,000 more profit than any other Major League Baseball team and paid off all of their debts. This did not assuage many Dodgers fans in New York; many years later, newspaper writers Pete Hamill and Jack Newfield each challenged the other to choose the three worst people of the 20th century. Independently, they produced identical lists: "Hitler, Stalin, O'Malley." In the years following the move of the New York clubs, Major League Baseball added two completely new teams in California, as well as two in Texas, two in Canada, two in Florida, one each in the Twin Cities, Denver, and Phoenix, and two teams at separate times in Seattle. In addition, the Athletics, who had already moved to Kansas City, moved to Oakland; Kansas City would get a new team the year after the A's moved to Oakland. The National League returned to New York with the introduction of the New York Mets four years after the Dodgers and Giants had departed for California.When he made the decision to relocate in October 1957 to Los Angeles, O'Malley did not have an established location for where the Dodgers would play in 1958. O'Malley worked out a deal with Los Angeles County and the state of California to rent the Los Angeles Coliseum for $200,000 per year for 1958 and 1959, plus 10% of the ticket revenue, and all concession profits for the first nine games of each season following an opening series with the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers temporarily took up residence while they awaited the completion of 56,000-seat capacity Dodger Stadium, built for $23 million. The Dodgers were soon drawing more than two million fans a year. They remained successful on the field as well, winning the World Series in 1959, 1963, and 1965. The Los Angeles Angels also played in Dodger Stadium from 1962 to 1965. Controversy regarding land deal with city of Los Angeles

The dealings with the city of Los Angeles after the Vero Beach meeting raised questions.The initial offer of  and tax exemptions was determined to be illegal and improper. The minor league San Diego Padres owners led an opposition effort to stop the transfer of  in Chavez Ravine via a referendum. O'Malley engaged in an extensive marketing and media campaign that helped the referendum pass, but there were extensive subsequent taxpayer lawsuits. The plaintiffs initially prevailed in some of these suits. Finally, during the middle of the 1959 season, the Los Angeles City Council was able to approve the final parcel for the stadium. One legendary negotiation with the city over concession revenue is that in O'Malley's move to the Coliseum he agreed to accept concession revenues from only half the team's games—the home half. The land was eventually transferred by the Los Angeles city government to O'Malley by an agreement which required O'Malley and the Dodgers to design, build, privately finance and maintain a 50,000-seat stadium; develop a youth recreation center on the land.O'Malley was to pay $500,000 initially, plus annual payments of $60,000 for 20 years; and pay $345,000 in property taxes starting in 1962, putting the land on the tax rolls. Also, the Dodgers would transfer team-owned Wrigley Field, then appraised at $2.2 million, to the city. The city exchanged "300 acres, more or less, in the Chavez Ravine area", while L.A. County Supervisors unanimously agreed to provide $2.74 million for access roads. In addition, the Dodgers also had to pay $450,000 for territorial rights to the Pacific Coast League, whose Los Angeles Angels and Hollywood Stars suspended play. Other controversies and management philosophy

In the 1960s, O'Malley attempted to buy out the contract of Shigeo Nagashima of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants from Matsutaro Shoriki. In 1960, O'Malley refused to pay right fielder Carl Furillo for the 1960 season after he was released early due to injury. This forced Furillo to sue the team.Because of this, O'Malley allegedly blacklisted Furillo from any job in baseball. His son, Peter O'Malley, described his management style as follows: "As president, the way he ran the business, he believed in stability and very little turnover. It was the strength of the organization. The management team worked as well as the team on the field." This is evidenced in many ways, including the long tenure of both <mask> and Tommy Lasorda as Dodgers managers and Vin Scully, the broadcast voice of the Dodgers. Alston was repeatedly rehired to consecutive one-year contracts from 1954–1976 until he retired. Then Lasorda, who had been a long-time employee in as a coach and minor league baseball manager, took over as manager for another 20 years.Scully was the voice of the Dodgers for 67 seasons until his retirement in 2016, the infield of first baseman Steve Garvey, second baseman Davey Lopes, shortstop Bill Russell and third baseman Ron Cey was the longest-running intact infield in major league history. Furthermore, O'Malley is said to have kept Bowie Kuhn in office as the Commissioner of Baseball until O'Malley's death. O'Malley rewarded loyal employee Bavasi by allowing the San Diego Padres franchise to establish an expansion team with Bavasi as president in Southern California. Alston said O'Malley convinced him that when he signed his first one-year contract it could be a lifetime job by pointing out that "signing one-year contracts can mean a lifetime job, if you keep signing enough of them." Although O'Malley had good stories of loyalty with some employees, there were several stories of O'Malley's frugality. Although O'Malley was loyal to his employees, he did not take kindly to demands from employees such as manager Charlie Dressen's request for a three-year contract. When Dressen requested a multi-year contract after losing a second consecutive World Series to the Yankees, he was released.Then when he hired <mask> as a replacement, he made it clear to the press that Alston would only receive one-year contracts and would not attempt to show up the management in the national media. There were rumors that Alston even signed blank contracts in the fall and showed up in the spring to find out his salary. O'Malley also did not support those who remained friends with Rickey, which was a large factor in Red Barber quitting as Dodgers announcer. O'Malley believed that employees should accept whatever salaries they were offered. In 1966, this led to the contract holdouts of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, who employed the same lawyer. The duo of pitching aces decided to strike together until they were both satisfied. They had earned $70,000 and $75,000 respectively during the 1965 season, during which the Dodgers won the World Series, and O'Malley offered $105,000 and $95,000 for the 1966 season.At the time, Willie Mays was Major League Baseball's highest paid player at $125,000 per year and multi-year contracts were very unusual. They demanded three-year $167,000 per year contracts and after holding out until less than two weeks before Opening Day, they received one-year $130,000 and $115,000 contracts respectively. O'Malley liked clubhouse turmoil only slightly less than free agent disloyalty. When he traded Maury Wills to the Pittsburgh Pirates following consecutive National League pennants, it was attributed to Wills having quit during the middle of the Dodgers' post-season tour of Japan. Retirement from presidency
On March 17, 1970, <mask> turned over the presidency of the team to his son Peter, remaining as Chairman until his death in 1979. Peter O'Malley held the position until 1998 when the team was sold to Rupert Murdoch. The team remained successful on the field under Peter and won the World Series in both 1981 and 1988.They remained successful at the box office as well: by the end of the 1980s, they had not only became the first franchise to draw three million fans, but also they had done it more times than all other franchises combined. During the 1970s, O'Malley was credited for stagemanaging Lasorda's career. Lasorda become known for his die-hard Dodgers clichés, such as describing the color of his blood by saying "Cut me, I bleed Dodger blue." It was even said that the reciprocal loyalty and respect between Lasorda and O'Malley was so high that O'Malley gave Lasorda a tombstone as a gift that had an inscription that read "TOMMY LASORDA, A DODGER". The McKeevers held their 25% interest in the Dodgers until 1975 when Dearie McKeever died. They sold out to O'Malley making him the sole owner of the Dodgers. Also during 1975, the Dodgers franchise was embroiled in the Andy Messersmith controversy that led to the Seitz decision, which struck down baseball's reserve clause and opened up the sport to modern free agency.Messersmith and the Dodgers were unable to come to contract terms in part because of a then unheard of no-trade clause demand, and Messersmith pitched the entire season without a contract under the reserve clause, which stated that team has the right to extend the prior years contract one year if a player does not agree to terms. Teams had previously had the right to continue such re-signings year after year. This gave owners the right to issue "take it or leave it" offers to the players. Although the Dodgers and Messersmith nearly hammered out a deal monetarily, they could not come to terms on the no-trade clause. Supposedly Major League Baseball instructed the Dodgers not to surrender such a clause for the good of the game. The Seitz decision limited the re-signings to one year, and since Messersmith performed quite well in 1975, winning a Gold Glove Award and leading the National League in complete games and shutouts, while finishing second in earned run average, he was a valuable talent. He earned offers from six different teams.Messersmith became the first free agent, except for Catfish Hunter who had been declared a 1974 free agent by breach of contract. O'Malley felt the price wars would be the downfall of baseball because the fans only have so much money. The scenario led to an eighteen-day lockout during spring training in 1976 over the prospect of dozens of players playing becoming free agents and the inability to redesign the reserve clause. Death and legacy
O'Malley was diagnosed with cancer, and he sought treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He died of congestive heart failure on August 9, 1979, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester. O'Malley had never returned to Brooklyn before his death. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.His wife Kay had died a few weeks earlier. Although O'Malley had later retired and had relinquished control of the Dodgers before his death, he is still hated in Brooklyn, not only for moving the Dodgers, but also for forcing out legendary general manager Branch Rickey from the team in 1950. At one time, Brooklyn Dodgers fans hated O'Malley so much that he was routinely mentioned along with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin as the most villainous 20th-century men; one version of a joke went, "If a Brooklyn man finds himself in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and O'Malley, but has only two bullets, what does he do? Shoot O'Malley twice." Some still consider him among the worst three men of the 20th century. Much of the animosity was not just for moving the team, but robbing Brooklyn of the sense of a cohesive cultural and social identity that a major sports franchise provides. Despite the long-standing animosity of Brooklyn fans and their supporters in baseball, O'Malley was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008 after having been elected by the Veterans Committee with the minimum number of votes necessary for induction.His legacy is that of changing the mindset of a league that had the St. Louis Cardinals as its southernmost and westernmost team (the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League had moved to Kansas City just three years prior). Tommy Lasorda said upon hearing of his election to the Hall, "He's a pioneer. He made a tremendous change in the game, opening up the West Coast to Major League Baseball." When asked how he wanted to be remembered, O'Malley said, "for planting a tree." The tree provided the branches to open up the West Coast to baseball, but O'Malley's son remembers his father's 28 years on Major League Baseball's executive council as service that "was instrumental in the early stages of the game's international growth." His contributions to baseball were widely recognized even before his Hall of Fame election: he was ranked 8th and 11th respectively by ABC Sports and The Sporting News in their lists of the most influential sports figures of the 20th century. On July 7, 2009, <mask>'Malley was inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame along with two other Dodger icons: slugger Steve Garvey and announcer Vin Scully."Over the years, we have learned more of his decade-long quest to build a new stadium in Brooklyn and about how those efforts were thwarted by city officials. Perhaps this induction will inspire fans who themselves started new lives outside the borough to reconsider their thoughts about <mask>'Malley", said John Mooney, curator of the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame. "He privately built one of baseball's more beautiful ballparks, Dodger Stadium, and set attendance records annually. While New York is the home of the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame, it seeks to honor inductees whose impact was and is national." O'Malley's detractors say that he was not a visionary for taking baseball west. They say the game was naturally heading toward geographical expansion and O'Malley just an opportunist. Rather than truly being a leader these detractors say his leadership was a manifestation of making the most money.Popular culture
O'Malley was mentioned several times in Danny Kaye's 1962 song tribute The D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley! ), which spins a tale of a fantasy game between the Dodgers and the Giants. At one point, the umpire's call goes against the home team:
Down in the dugout, Alston glowers
Up in the booth, Vin Scully frowns;
Out in the stands, O'Malley grins... Attendance 50,000! So ....what does O'Malley do? CHARGE!!O'Malley was featured prominently in the HBO documentary film Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush, which chronicled his executive management of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. The documentary focuses on the post World War II glory years of the franchise and presents a compelling case that O'Malley truly wanted to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn in a stadium near a railroad station, but he was unable to get the proper support from Moses. External links

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<mask> (<mask>, in Turkish) is a Cypriot-born professor, currently serving as the Dean of San Diego State University - Georgia. He was a Vice Dean of SDSU Georgia for four years before then and was one of the coordinators of the project at the time of its conception. Dr. <mask> served as a Rector at three different universities in Turkey and in Cyprus. He served as the rector of Istanbul Bilgi University appointed in the academic year of 2009–2010, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), North Cyprus in 2004–2007, and Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1999–2003. He received his B.S. degree from Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, 1978), his M.S. degree from Mississippi State University on Fulbright Scholarship (1981), and his Ph.D. degree from University of Houston, in Mechanical Engineering(1983).Alongside his 20+ articles in energy systems in peer-reviewed journals, Güven has edited books and published book chapters on Globalization, Leadership, Clash of civilizations and Education. He speaks Turkish, English, and moderate Spanish and Greek. Career

San Diego State University
Dr. Güven worked as an assistant professor (1984–1988), associate professor (1988–1994), and as a professor (1994–1999) at San Diego State University. In 1995-1997 he was the Director of International Development, College of Extended Studies, at San Diego State University. He founded and directed two important centers at San Diego State University, namely the Energy Engineering Institute (EEI) (1986) on applied energy research for industrial and manufacturing facilities, and the Industrial Assessment Center (1990), financially supported by the US Department of Energy (USDOE), on evaluating energy usage by small to medium size industrial facilities. His work at EEI received ‘Energy Innovation Award’ from the US Department of Energy (1988). He served as vice-president for two terms (1988, 1989) and as president (1993) at Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), San Diego Chapter.Among many other awards, Prof. <mask> received Energy Professional Development Award from AEE (1987), Teetor Educator Award from SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) (1992), and Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from San Diego Engineering Societies (1993) in recognition of “devoted services to the Engineering Profession and Community.”

Bahçeşehir University
Prof. <mask> relocated to Turkey for the position of rector at the newly founded Bahçeşehir University, where he served for four years as the Founding Rector (1999–2003). At Bahçeşehir University, he established the International Institute of Leadership and Public Affairs (IILPA), and the first School of Government in Turkey, and received a Leadership Chair from UNESCO. During Dr. <mask>'s tenure as a rector, Bahçeşehir University gained wide acceptance within the Turkish higher education sector as an innovative university. Eastern Mediterranean University
Between 2004 and 2007, Prof. <mask> served as the Rector of Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in North Cyprus, where he increased the international recognizability of EMU—the biggest university of the island with over 15.000 students from 65 countries, situated in an internationally unrecognized territory. During Prof. <mask>'s tenure as a rector, EMU gained acceptance into UNESCO's “International Handbook of World Universities”, became a full member of European Universities Association (EUA), completed EUA's Institutional Evaluation Program, and received ABET (US) accreditation for its engineering programs. In addition, at EMU, Dr. <mask> established Centers of Excellence in Conflict Resolution, Peace Journalism and Woman Studies. Istanbul Bilgi University
Dr. <mask> was appointed as the rector of Istanbul Bilgi University in 2009.After joining the Laureate International Universities, Istanbul Bilgi University, which is renowned in Turkey for its strong social science orientation, continues to be a dynamic and innovative university. Istanbul Bilgi University aims at becoming a “comprehensive university” in the near future. The university has recently received licenses from the regulators for and admitted the first group of students into, the Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, School of Health Sciences, and the School of Applied Sciences. Also, Istanbul Bilgi University is further developing its leadership position in the following areas: Social sciences, social responsibility issues, environmental issues, and university-industry-local government relations. Istanbul Bilgi University is aiming at establishing a School of Peace Studies in 2011 and being a think-tank in producing conflict resolution and peace policies for Turkey and its immediate vicinity. San Diego State University Georgia
Currently, in a capacity as the Dean of SDSU Georgia, Dr. Güven oversees successful management of the project, completion of the planned activities, essential commitments and pursues a wide range of new initiatives. He enforces the policies and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees, the Office of the SDSU President, the SDSU Faculty Senate, and SDSU faculty.Dr. <mask> is also responsible for communicating the vision and goals of SDSU-Georgia collaborative to community and professional constituencies and seeking public and private funds to support the goals of the program. He is involved in the engagement of private donors and developing the policies and plans for the sustainability of the project. He is also responsible for directing efforts to support the achievement of relevant partner university program accreditation (ABET, ACS, WASC, etc.). Honors and recognition
Dr. Güven has received many awards and recognition over the years. These include the International Who's Who award of professionals (1996), Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, San Diego Engineering Societies (SDES, 1993), Teetor Education Award (national), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE, 1992), SDSU Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award (1990), Energy Professional Development Award (international), Association of Energy Engineers (AEE, 1987), Energy Professional Development Award (AEE, 1986), and the local Energy Professional Development award in 1985, ARCO Outstanding Student Award in 1981. He has also been a member of PI TAU Sigma Honor Society since 1980. He was a beneficiary of Rice-Cullimore Scholarship, ASME Aux., Inc., I 1979–80, and Fulbright Travel Grant in 1979.He has also received numerous Project Awards, including the most recent - Energy Innovation in Technology Transfer. He is also a recipient of three teaching awards and maintains active participation in professional associations. Research Interests
Dr. <mask>'s research interests include Sustainability and Building Energy Efficiency, Civilization Harmony, Technology Transfer in Curriculum Design, University Administration, Energy Systems Optimization, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Power Plant Engineering. He has served as a consultant to: San Diego Gas & Electric, General Dynamics, Computer Sciences Corporation, Government of Turkey, Turkish Electricity Authority, California Energy Commission, TEKTRA (Technology Transfer Corporation). He secured a National Science Foundation grant to build an instructional power plant at SDSU, set up the Energy Engineering Institute in 1986 to facilitate students’ insertion into the professional field through joint university-industry graduation projects, In 1991, received initial funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for establishing the SDSU Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center. He has acquired a total or $17,493,739 in 22 different project contracts/grants. Works

Edited books

Globalization and the Third World: A Study of Negative Consequences, Eds.B.N. Ghosh and H<mask>, Macmillan Palgrave, 2006. Leadership and Human Development, Eds. A. Safty and H<mask>, The International Leadership Series, Universal Publishers, 2002. (Also published by Bahçesehir University Press (istanbul) as New Paradigms in Leadership, Eds. A. Safty and H. Güven, 2003.) Chapters in books

U. Atikol and H. <mask>, Energy Efficiency: Developing Countries, a chapter in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering & Technology, Ed.B. Capehart, Taylor and Francis, 3 Volume Set, CRC Press, July 2007. H<mask>, Globalization and Clash of Civilizations, a chapter in Globalization and the Third World: A Study of Negative Consequences, Eds. Ghosh and Güven, Macmillan Palgrave, 2006. H<mask>, Civilizations and Natural laws: A Positive Sciences Perspective; a chapter in Leadership And Human Development, Eds. Safty and Güven, (pp. 289–305) Universal Publishers, The International Leadership Series, 2002. H. <mask>, Dialogue of Civilizations: Paradigms for Economic Development and Social Advancement; a chapter in Leadership and Human Development, Eds.Safty and Güven, (pp. 306– 321) Universal Publishers, The International Leadership Series, 2002. H. <mask>, Leadership in Education: Bahçesehir University – An intercultural Model in Progress; a chapter in Leadership and Human Development, Eds. Safty and Güven, (pp. 322–356) Universal Publishers, The Int. Leadership Series, 2002. H. Guven and R.B.Bannerot, A Comprehensive Methodology for the Analysis and Design of Parabolic Trough Collectors for Solar Energy Applications in India, a chapter in Progress in Solar Engineering, Ed. Yogi Goswami, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, N.Y., 1986. References

External links
 Istanbul Bilgi University
 Prof. Dr. <mask> Guven's Curriculum Vitae

Living people
American people of Turkish Cypriot descent
Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey
Turkish mechanical engineers
Boğaziçi University alumni
University of Mississippi alumni
University of Houston alumni
Mechanical engineers
University of San Diego faculty
Istanbul Bilgi University faculty
Türk Maarif Koleji alumni
1956 births

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<mask> (born November 11, 1937) is an American television and radio sports broadcaster, perhaps best known as a local news sports anchor in Washington, D.C. and New York City, and for his catchphrase "Let's go to the videotape!" He was also known for referring to the “foul pole” as the ”fair pole.”

Early life and career
<mask> was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Rosemary and <mask>. His father, an actor and comedian who briefly worked as a member of Ted Healy's "stooge" act, was born Jewish and his mother converted to Judaism. His earliest experience in broadcasting was on the intercom system of Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C. in the 1950s. His upbeat, entertaining patter that was to become his trademark made his sports report a welcome treat for the kids. During this period he worked part-time at Baker's Shoe Store downtown, as a salesman. Many customers must have been puzzled at the ballpark hawker's refrain of, "Get your hot dogs, get your hot doggies here" coming from the back storeroom.He was simply entertaining the staff and the customers, something he was to continue throughout his long career. <mask> began as a radio broadcaster on April 1, 1961, doing news, weather, and sports for WLSI-AM in Pikeville, Kentucky under the name <mask>. He then moved on to radio jobs in Martinsburg, West Virginia at WEPM, and Washington, D.C. at WTOP-AM before landing a sports television role in 1965 at WTOP-TV (now WUSA) in Washington. There he became very well known and popular as the news sports anchor; he also did play-by-play announcing of local college and professional sports. He retained his job as sports director at WTOP-AM throughout the 1960s, even announcing occasionally on radio broadcasts of Washington Senators games. ABC Sports
In 1976, <mask> gained an ABC Sports network role, working on Monday Night Baseball telecasts and as a host for coverage of football and the Olympics. <mask>'s reception in those jobs was mixed, and he decided that he was best at the local news sports anchor role.WABC-TV and WCBS-TV
Still under contract with ABC, <mask> returned to local sportscasting with a job at WABC-TV in New York in 1976, and then in 1980 moved to rival station WCBS-TV. His move to WCBS-TV resulted in a lawsuit, American Broadcasting Co. v. <mask>, in which ABC alleged that <mask> failed to negotiate in good faith and sought specific performance of their contract which would have kept <mask> off the air for two years. The New York Court of Appeals rejected ABC's argument, although they permitted ABC to seek relief in the form of monetary damages. He also broadcast live sports reports for Israeli television during the 1991 Gulf War. Return to WUSA-TV and Imus in the Morning
<mask> returned to Washington as the sports anchor at WUSA, the former WTOP-TV, in June 1992. <mask> succeeded Glenn Brenner, who died earlier that year and had replaced <mask> back in 1977 when he joined ABC Sports. He was dismissed in August 1995.Between November 1995 and December 1996, <mask> was the guest host of The Tony Kornheiser Show on Thursdays on WTEM and sometimes he also flew to New York as a substitute sports anchor on Imus in the Morning when the regular sports anchor, Mike Breen, was away. Because of his work on Imus in the Morning and Don Imus' recommendation on the air continuously, <mask> went back to WCBS-TV as the sports anchor on February 3, 1997 (the most recent of his replacements at WCBS, Bernie Smilovitz, had returned to WDIV in Detroit after having been caught in WCBS' infamous 1996 mass firings). During his tenure at WCBS he began uttering his famous phrase "Let's go to the videotape!" on a regular basis to switch to a video of the game he was reporting on. During this time he also continued to do some work in radio, giving sports reports on the nationally syndicated Imus in the Morning program. <mask> broke the news of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Imus show, when he saw the World Trade Center on fire from his Lower Manhattan apartment. <mask> also covered the story for WCBS-TV (where he was working at the time).He stayed there until May 2004, returning to WABC (AM) in 2006 as the sports reporter for Curtis and Kuby, and continuing, with a two-week hiatus, on the Imus in the Morning program following Don Imus's arrival at WABC (AM). He served as Imus's sports contributor until November 3, 2016, when Imus decided to replace <mask> with Sid Rosenberg. <mask> sued Imus alleging age discrimination. Departure from WCBS-TV
On May 27, 2004, <mask> was fired by WCBS-TV general manager Lew Leone three months before his contract expired, and replaced by a much younger anchor, Chris Wragge. The day after his firing, his picture covered half the front page of the New York Daily News with the other half being covered by the headline "Wolf Fans Raise a Howl". A few months after his firing, which generated much public outcry, <mask> was hired by radio station WABC and he appeared weekday mornings with Curtis Sliwa & Ron Kuby as well as Mark Simone's Saturday morning radio program. When Imus in the Morning returned to WABC in December 2007, <mask> was not the sports anchor: Tony Powell took that position.But after several weeks <mask> returned to his old position and continued as the morning sports anchor for the Imus in the Morning show. <mask> also hosted a Saturday sports talk show on 1050 ESPN Radio. <mask> modified his trademark "Let's go to the videotape!" to "Let's go to the audiotape!" <mask>'s final day with the Imus show was November 4, 2016. He stayed at WABC until December 3, when his current contract expired. 7.Arrest
On February 7, 2019, <mask> turned himself in and was arrested after he broke letters off a sign at the entrance of Classics Plantation Estates in East Naples, Florida, according to deputies at the Collier County Sheriff's Office. <mask>, a resident of the community, expressed his opinion at homeowners association meetings that the word "plantation" was racist. Surveillance video on November 30, 2018 showed a man matching <mask>'s description removing the word "plantation" from the sign with a tool. <mask> faced a felony charge of criminal mischief, according to the arrest report. <mask> told a radio talk show audience the following month that prosecutors "likely felt the intent was not criminal" so only required that he pay restitution for damages. Other appearances
<mask> played himself in the film Rocky IV and has made several other cameo appearances. He is the author of the books Let's Go to the Videotape and Give Me a Break.<mask> is currently heard Mondays at 7:30 AM on "Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning" on WOR AM-710 in New York. Books

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American sports radio personalities
American television sports announcers
Jewish American sportspeople
Major League Baseball broadcasters
National Basketball Association broadcasters
National Football League announcers
New York (state) television reporters
Olympic Games broadcasters
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Washington Senators (1961–1971) announcers
Washington Capitals announcers
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<mask> (; died May 25, 912), courtesy name Xiyong (熙用) or Shizhan (式瞻), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and the subsequent Later Liang, serving as a chancellor during Later Liang. Background
It is not known when <mask> was born. His family claimed ancestry from Wenxi (聞喜, in modern Yuncheng, Shanxi) and original descent from the mythical emperor Zhuanxu. <mask>'s traceable ancestry included officials of Han Dynasty, Shu Han, Cao Wei, Jin Dynasty (266–420), and Tang Dynasty — including a line of relatively minor officials. <mask>'s grandfather <mask> (薛存誠) served as an imperial attendant, while his father <mask> (薛廷望) served as a prefectural prefect; both were said to have had good reputations. During Tang Dynasty
<mask> himself was said to be known for elegance and handsomeness. He also associated with other people known for intelligence and elegance, and became known as a writer of some renown.He passed the imperial examinations in the Jinshi class during the Qianfu era (874-879) of Emperor Xizong of Tang. He thereafter served in a progression of low-level officies in the imperial government — surveyor of budgetary matters (度支巡官, Duzhi Xunguan), assistant at Jixian Institute (集賢院), Shiyi (拾遺, low-level advisory official), Dianzhong Shiyushi (殿中侍御史, imperial censor), and Qiju Sheren (起居舍人, imperial chronicler). He later was made an imperial scholar (翰林學士, Hanlin Xueshi), along with Libu Yuanwailang (禮部員外郎), a low-level official at the ministry of rites (禮部, Lǐbu), and put in charge of drafting imperial edicts. He was later promoted to be Sixun Langzhong (司勳郎中), a supervisory official at the ministry of civil service affairs (吏部, Lìbu, note different tone than the ministry of rites). When Emperor Xizong's brother and successor Emperor Zhaozong fled the imperial capital Chang'an in 895 as he was fearful of an attack by the warlords Li Maozhen the military governor (Jiedushi) of Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered in modern Baoji, Shaanxi) and Wang Xingyu the military governor of Jingnan Circuit (靜難, headquartered in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi), Xue, instead of immediately following the emperor in flight, was gathering up family members and therefore did not catch up with the emperor; for this reason, he was removed from his offices. However, he was shortly recalled to the imperial government to serve as Zhongshu Sheren (中書舍人), a mid-level official at the legislative bureau of government (中書省, Zhongshu Sheng) and again became an imperial scholar. He subsequently successively served as the deputy minister of census (戶部侍郎, Hubu Shilang) and of defense (兵部侍郎, Bingbu Shilang), and became chief imperial scholar (翰林學士承旨, Hanlin Xueshi Chengzhi).When Emperor Zhaozong, at the behest of the chancellor Cui Yin and the powerful warlord Zhu Quanzhong the military governor of Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan), slaughtered the eunuchs in 903, Xue was found to have painted portraits for some of the slaughtered eunuchs, including Han Quanhui, and therefore was exiled. Early in the Tianyou era (904-907, overlapping the reigns of Emperor Zhaozong and Emperor Zhaozong's son and successor Emperor Ai), by which time Zhu had forced the imperial government to relocate from Chang'an to Luoyang, an edict was issued commissioning <mask> as the deputy minister of civil service affairs (吏部侍郎, Libu Shilang), but Xue did not report to Luoyang to take office. Zhu was said to have respected Xue, and therefore had another edict issued making <mask> the minister of civil service affairs (吏部尚書, Libu Shangshu); Xue apparently accepted this office. He was subsequently made chief imperial censor (御史大夫, Yushi Daifu). In spring 907, by which time it was becoming clear that Zhu would eventually take over the throne, Emperor Ai sent Xue to Zhu's headquarters at Daliang to greet Zhu. Xue requested to meet Zhu as if he were a subject of Zhu's — i.e., treating Zhu as an emperor. Zhu initially declined, but ascended stairs.<mask> then stated:

He therefore, pursuant to ceremony due an emperor at the time, danced to show respect to Zhu toward the north. Zhu only turned his body sideways to show slight humility. Once <mask> returned to Luoyang, he reported to Emperor Ai that Zhu was ready to accept the throne, so Emperor Ai prepared to yield the throne. Two months later, with a grand procession from Luoyang to Daliang, <mask> (in charge of the secondary imperial seals), along with the chancellors Zhang Wenwei (who was to announce the passage of the throne to Zhu) and Yang She (who was to deliver the primary imperial seal), led the ceremony where Zhu accepted the throne, ending Tang and starting Later Liang, with Zhu as its Emperor Taizu. It was said that when Emperor Taizu held a feast for the Tang officials who participated in the ceremony, most Tang officials were humiliated and did not speak, but <mask>, Su Xun (蘇循), and Zhang Yi (張禕) spoke in praising the new emperor for his accomplishments. During Later Liang
Shortly after the dynastic transition, Emperor Taizu made <mask> Yiju Zhongshu Shilang (中書侍郎, deputy head of the legislative bureau) and gave him the designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (同中書門下平章事), making him a chancellor. He also served as the director of taxation.In 908, he was made Menxia Shilang (門下侍郎, deputy head of the examination bureau (門下省, Menxia Sheng)), and put in charge of editing the imperial history; he also served as the director of budget. He was later given the additional title of imperial scholar at Hongwen Institute (弘文館) and director of salt and iron monopolies. It was said that during his years as chancellor, however, he had no particular accomplishments. In 912, after accompanying Emperor Taizu on a campaign against Later Liang's rival state Jin, he fell ill, and died shortly after returning to Luoyang. He was given posthumous honors. Notes and references

 History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 18.New History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 35. Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 266, 268. 9th-century births
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<mask> (8 May 1926 – 27 July 2005) was a French historian and Trotskyist revolutionary militant whose work covers the history of the Bolshevik Party, the Spanish Revolution and biographies of Leon Trotsky. Background
Broué was born in Privas, Ardèche, around 1926. His father was a civil servant and mother a school teacher: they had "strong republican views". Career
In 1936, Broué supported a French general strike as well as the Spanish Republic. By 1940, with Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in a non-aggression pact, he helped organize a Communist party cell at the Lycée Henri IV in Paris. The French Communist Party expelled these organizers; they said Broué suffered from Trotskyism. The accusation piqued his interest, and he began reading about Trotsky from the private library of teacher Élie Reynier.With the Party, he fought in the French resistance against Nazi occupiers during Second World War. When Joseph Stalin disbanded the Comintern in 1943, Broué became strongly critical of Stalinism, resigning from the FCP as a result. By 1944, he became a Trotskyist, joined the Fourth International, and remained a Trotskyist for the rest of his life. In 1952, he followed <mask> during a split in the movement and continued as a "Lambertist" for many years. He was active in the Internationalist Communist Party and then the Internationalist Communist Organisation before expelled in 1989. He became a secondary school teacher, until 1965 when he became lecturer in history at the University of Grenoble and then professor. In 1977, he set up the Trotsky Institute, to publish in French all of Trotsky's writings (so far, 27 volumes).He also founded and edited the Cahiers Léon Trotsky, devoted to the history of Trotskyism. Between 2003 and his death, he was a close collaborator and supporter of the International Marxist Tendency. Personal life
Broué married three times. His third wife Andrée died in 1989 from cancer. Former student <mask> Juy was a long-time friend. Alan Woods was a late-life friend and admirer. Broué died in Grenoble, France, in his sleep in the early hours July 27, 2005, age 79.He had prostate cancer. Five children survived him: two sons and three daughters. His son <mask> is a notable mathematician. Works
The basic inspiration for Broué's books was his desire to explain Stalinism. His book Trotsky (1988) counters the work of Isaac Deutscher. He worked for three years at Harvard, to which Trotsky had sold his papers in 1940. Broué and assistants were the first researchers to use them since the archive opened in 1980.Alan Woods has called it "a very healthy antidote to the superficial and pretentious philistinism of Isaac Deutscher". The recent republication of Trotsky's autobiography, My Life, has a foreword written by Broué. Books written
The U.S. Library of Congress lists the following books. Revolución y la guerra de España (with Émile Témime), translated by Francisco González Aramburo (1962)
 Parti bolchévique; histoire du P. C. de l'.U.R.S.S. (1963)
 Procès de Moscou (1964)
 Trotsky y la Guerra Civil española (1966)
 Révolution en Allemagne, 1917-1923 (1971)
 Parti bolchevique, histoire du P.C. de l'U.R.S.S. (1972)
 Revolution and the civil war in Spain by <mask> and Emile Témime; translated by Tony White (1972)
 Révolution espagnole (1931-1939) (1973)
 Révolution espagnole (1931-1939) (1977)
 Assassinat de Trotsky : 1940 (1980)
 Trotsky (1988)
 Quand le peuple révoque le président : le Brésil de l'affaire Collor: <mask> ; préface de Luis Favre ; annexe de Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva (1993)
 Histoire de l'Internationale communiste: 1919-1943 (1997)
 Léon Sedov, fils de Trotsky, victime de Staline (1993)
 Rakovsky, ou, La révolution dans tous les pays (1996)
 Histoire de l'Internationale communiste : 1919-1943 (1997)
 Communistes contre Staline: massacre d'une génération (2003)
 German Revolution, 1917-1923, translated by John Archer, edited by Ian Birchall and Brian Pearce; introduction by Eric D. Weitz (2005)
 Revolution and the Civil War in Spain with Émile Témime, translated by Tony White (2008)

Books contributed, edited, translated
The U.S. Library of Congress lists the following books.Question chinoise dans l'Internationale communiste (1926-1927): Rassemblés et présentés par <mask>, textes de Staline, Trotsky, Martynov, Zinoviev (1965)
 Pologne-Hongrie 1956 ou le Printemps en octobre: textes choisis et traduits sous la direction de Jean-Jacques Marie et Balazs Nagy; présentés par <mask> (1966)
 Mouvement communiste en France (1919-1939) par Léon Trotsky: textes choisis et présentés par <mask> (1967)
 Syndicalisme dans l'enseignement, histoire de la Fédération de l'enseignement, des origines à l'unification de 1935 par François Bernard, Louis Bouët, Maurice Dommanget, Gilbert Serret; présentation et notes de <mask> (1968)
 A. B. C. du communisme par Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Boukharine, E. Préobrajenski; préface de <mask>roué (1968)
 Écrits à Prague sous la censure (août 1968-juin 1969) Textes choisis et présentés par <mask>roué. Traduction de Helena Baudesson Weinfurtová, Annie Bardet [et] Karel Košťál (1973)
 Congrès de l'Internationale communiste: Textes intégraux publiés sous la direction de <mask>roué. Présentation et introd. de P. Broué. Traduction de l'allemand de Jean-Marie Brohm. Traduction du russe de Jacques Mas.(1974)
 Question chinoise dans l'Internationale communiste : 1926-1927: textes de Boukharine, Chen Du-xiu, Joffé, Mandalian ... [etc. ], thèses de l'Internationale communiste, rapport secret de délégués de l'I.C. ; rassemblés et présentés par <mask>roué (1976)
 Œuvres / Léon Trotsky: publiées sous la direction de <mask>roué (1978)
 Du premier au deuxième congrès de l'Internationale communiste, mars 1919-juillet 1920: textes publiés sous la direction de <mask>roué ; présentation, introd. et notes de P. Broué ; traduction de Jacqueline Bois, Jean-Marie Brohm, Andréas (1979)
 Trotsky / iconographie ... de David King; texte de <mask>roué (1979)
 Metodología histórica de la guerra y revolución españolas <mask>, Ronald Fraser y <mask>r; traducción, Emilio Olcina Aya, Pilar López y Yolanda Marco (1980)
 Correspondance, 1929-1939 / Alfred et Marguerite Rosmer, Lev Davidovitch Trotsky: lettres choisies, présentées et annotées par <mask>roué, avec la collaboration de Gérard Roche (1982)
 Contributions à l'histoire du trotskysme en Allemagne <mask>, Maurice Stobnicer (1983)
 Ponencias presentadas al Coloquio Internacional sobre la IIa República Española: Pierre Broué et al. ; prólogo de Enrique Tierno Galván (1983)
 Guerre d'Espagne au cinéma par Marcel Oms; préface de Pierre Broué (1986)
 Na contracorrente da história : documentos da Liga Comunista Internacionalista (1930-1933): Fulvio Abramo, Dainis Karepovs, orgs. [i.e.(1983)
 "Chen Duxiu and the Fourth International, 1937–1942" (1983)
 "The Socialist Youth in Spain (1934–1936) – When Carrillo was a Leftist" (1983)
 "The German Left and the Russian Opposition (1926–28)" (1985)
 "How Trotsky and the Trotskyists confronted the Second World War" (1985)
 "The Italian Communist Party, the War and the Revolution" (1987)
 "The Bolshevik-Leninist Faction" (1988)
 "Kurt Landau" (1988)
 "The ‘May Days’ of 1937 in Barcelona" (1988)
 "Van Heijenoort – A Trotskyist in New York in the Second World War" (1990)
 "In Germany for the International" (1993)
 "Trotskyism in Poland" (1996)
 "Five Years On" (1997)

See also
 Michel Broué

References

External links
 Archive of <mask>'s writings at the Marxists Internet Archive. The Lubitz TrotskyanaNet provides a separate page on <mask> with detailed information including a biographical sketch and a bibliography
 Obituary by Michael Eaude, The Guardian. Obituary by Ian Birchall, International Socialism, 108. Obituary by Alan Woods, In Defence of Marxism, 29th July, 2005. 1926 births
2005 deaths
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French Communist Party politicians
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<mask> (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film and television actor remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." at the film's end. Early years
Born in Saginaw, Michigan, <mask> lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington, where he studied law, and became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. <mask> gave up his studies to manage his uncle's touring companies.Career
In his spare time, <mask> wrote plays, which eventually led to him appearing in one of them when it was produced. <mask> served in the United States Army in World War I, and upon his return home after the war, <mask> discovered his uncle had died while he was away. In 1926, he went to London and appeared for a season on the British stage. <mask>'s silver screen career began in 1927 when he appeared in Pathé's silent drama The Main Event. He appeared in 127 films between 1927 and 1964; very prolific in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he made nine movies in 1928 alone. He is best known for his role as director Carl Denham in King Kong. Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year.He resembled King Kong producer and adventurer Merian C. Cooper, and Cooper used him in several films as more or less a version of himself. The Most Dangerous Game was filmed at night on the same jungle sets as King Kong, which was shot during the day, with <mask> and Fay Wray simultaneously starring in both pictures. In 1937, <mask> starred in With Words and Music (also referred to as The Girl Said No), released by Grand National Films Inc. He also worked throughout the 1930s and 1940s for many film studios. Prior to World War II, in 1940, Universal Pictures released Enemy Agent, about countering a Nazi spy ring. In the film, <mask> co-starred with Helen Vinson, Richard Cromwell and Jack La Rue. In 1942, he was reteamed with Cromwell in Baby Face Morgan, a notable B movie for PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation).Later in that decade, <mask> played another Carl Denham-like leading character role as "Max O'Hara" in 1949's Mighty Joe Young. This film was another stop-motion animation giant gorilla fantasy, made by the same King Kong team of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. In the 1950s, he appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed television series, State Trooper. <mask> made four guest appearances on Perry Mason during its nine-year run on CBS: in 1961 he played the title character and murder victim Captain Bancroft in "The Case of the Malicious Mariner"; in 1962 he played defendant Jimmy West in "The Case of the Playboy Pugilist"; and in 1964 he played murderer Phil Jenks in "The Case of the Accosted Accountant," thus becoming one of only eleven actors to hit the Perry Mason trifecta, playing victim, defendant and murderer. Marriages
Peggy Allenby (August 1920 - April 17, 1925; divorced) (died 1966)
Ethel Virah Smith (June 12, 1926 - July 27, 1931; divorced) (died 1950)
Gladys Dubois (January 10, 1936 - December 31, 1939; divorced) (died 1971)
Claire Louise Frisbie (January 1, 1940 - April 20, 1973; his death) (died 1990)

Death
<mask> died of cancer in Santa Monica, California. He and King Kong'''s co-producer, Merian C. Cooper, died within sixteen hours of each other. Filmography The Main Event (1927) as Red LucasThe Leopard Lady (1928) as ChrisA Girl in Every Port (1928) as Bill / SalamiSquare Crooks (1928) as Eddie EllisonThe Cop (1928) as Scarface MarcasThe Baby Cyclone (1928) as Gene
 Celebrity (1928) as Kid ReaganShow Folks (1928) as Owens - PromoterNed McCobb's Daughter (1928) as Babe Callahan
 The Shady Lady (1928) as BlakeThe Leatherneck (1929) as Joseph HanlonThe Woman from Hell (1929) as AlfBig News (1929) as Steve Banks
 Oh, Yeah!(1929) as Dude CowanThe Racketeer (1929) as Mahlon KeaneBe Yourself! (1930) as Jerry MooreDumbbells in Ermine (1930) as Jerry MaloneDanger Lights (1930) as Larry Doyle
 Big Money (1930) as AcePaid (1930) as Joe GarsonIron Man (1931) as George ReganEx-Bad Boy (1931) as Chester BinneyThe Tip-Off (1931) as Kayo McClureSuicide Fleet (1931) as Dutch Panama Flo (1932) as Babe DillonThe Lost Squadron (1932) as WoodyRadio Patrol (1932) as Bill KennedyIs My Face Red? (1932) as Ed MaloneyThe Most Dangerous Game (1932) as Martin TrowbridgeHold 'Em Jail (1932) as The Radio AnnouncerThe Penguin Pool Murder (1932) as Barry CostelloThe Billion Dollar Scandal (1932) as Fingers PartosKing Kong (1933) as Carl DenhamFast Workers (1933) as Bucker ReillyI Love That Man (1933) as DrillerBlind Adventure (1933) as Richard BruceAbove the Clouds (1933) as Scoop AdamsSon of Kong (1933) as Carl DenhamPalooka (1934) as Pete PalookaSearch for Beauty (1934) as Larry WilliamsShe Made Her Bed (1934) as 'Duke' GordonManhattan Love Song (1934) as Tom WilliamsThe Hell Cat (1934) as Dan CollinsKansas City Princess (1934) as Dynamite 'Dynie' CarsonFlirting with Danger (1934) as Bob OwensThe Mystery Man (1935) as Larry DoyleGigolette (1935) as Chuck AhearnSweet Music (1935) as 'Dopey' MaloneG Men (1935) as Jeffrey "Jeff" McCordLittle Big Shot (1935) as Steve CraigRemember Last Night? (1935) as Flannagan, the Milburns' mechanicDangerous Waters (1936) as 'Dusty' JohnsonThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) as Nick Martel (bookie)Public Enemy's Wife (1936) as Gene FergusonAll American Chump (1936) as Bill HoganWithout Orders (1936) as Wad. MadisonNobody's Baby (1937) as Scoops HanfordThree Legionnaires (1937) as Sgt. Chuck ConnorsIt Can't Last Forever (1937) as Al TinkerThe Girl Said No (1937) as Jimmie AllenShe Loved a Fireman (1937) as Capt. Smokey ShannonThe Night Hawk (1938) as Charlie McCormickThere Goes My Heart (1938) as Detective O'BrienThe Flying Irishman (1939) as Joe AldenMan of Conquest (1939) as Jim BowieUnmarried (1939) as Pins StreaverWinter Carnival (1939) as Tiger ReynoldsFlight at Midnight (1939) as Jim BrennanThe Roaring Twenties (1939) as Hatted Passerby before Nightclub (uncredited)Call a Messenger (1939) as Kirk GrahamFramed (1940) as SkippyForgotten Girls (1940) as Grover MullinsEnemy Agent (1940) as GordonService with the Colors (1940) as Sgt.ClickerThe Bride Wore Crutches (1940) as PeteBehind the News (1940) as Vic ArcherThe San Francisco Docks (1940) as Father CameronMr. Dynamite (1941) as PaulSky Raiders (1941) as Lieutenant Ed CareyCitadel of Crime (1941) as Cal FullertonDive Bomber (1941) as Art LyonsGang Busters (1942) as Det. Tim NolanMy Favorite Spy (1942) as Harry RobinsonIt Happened in Flatbush (1942) as Danny MitchellLet's Get Tough! (1942) as Pop StevensBaby Face Morgan (1942) as 'Doc' RogersWings Over the Pacific (1943) as Pieter Van BronkAdventures of the Flying Cadets (1943) as Arthur Galt, alias The Black HangmanThe Kansan (1943) as MalachyThe Mad Ghoul (1943) as Ken McClureAround the World (1943) as General (uncredited)Action in Arabia (1944) as Matthew ReedThe Navy Way (1944) as CPO HarperMr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) as Joe TinkerBelle of the Yukon (1944) as GeorgeBlood on the Sun (1945) as Col. Hideki TojoGangs of the Waterfront (1945) as Peter Winkly and Dutch MaloneThe Falcon in San Francisco (1945) as De Forrest MarshallArson Squad (1945) as Fire Capt. Joe DuganThe Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945) as Jonathan PriceGay Blades (1946) as McManusBlonde Alibi (1946) as WilliamsG.I. War Brides (1946) as DawsonDecoy (1946) as Frankie OlinsCriminal Court (1946) as Vic Wright - Club Circle ownerThe Sea of Grass (1947) as Floyd McCurtin (Brewton's attorney)Fall Guy (1947) as Mac McLaineExposed (1947) as Inspector PrenticeThe Fugitive (1947) as A Sergeant of PoliceReturn of the Bad Men (1948) as 'Wild Bill Doolin' / Wild Bill DoolinThe Paleface (1948) as TerriThe Lucky Stiff (1949) as Insp.Von FlanaganThe Crime Doctor's Diary (1949) as George 'Goldie' HarriganStreets of San Francisco (1949) as Willard LoganMighty Joe Young (1949) as Max O'HaraSons of New Mexico (1949) as Pat FeeneyCaptain China (1950) as KeeganDestination Big House (1950) as Ed SomersThe Pace That Thrills (1952) as J.C. BartonLas Vegas Shakedown (1955) as DocDouble Jeopardy (1955) as Sam BaggottThe Peacemaker (1956) as Sheriff Ben SealeThe Crooked Circle (1957) as Al TaylorGirl with an Itch (1958) as Ben CooperJohnny Cool (1963) as Gang MemberFor Those Who Think Young'' (1964) as <mask> - Cronin's Business Associate (final film role)

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<mask> at Virtual History

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Deaths from cancer in California
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United States Army officers
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Millicent Genevieve "<mask>" <mask> (born 15 January 1999) is a Paralympic athlete and student who competes at international level for ParalympicsGB in alpine skiing in the slalom, giant slalom Super-G, Super Combined and Downhill events with a sighted guide, Brett Wild. When <mask> was one year old, she contracted an illness, diagnosed at age three, which resulted in the loss of most of her vision by the age of six. She joined the Great Britain paralympic skiing team in 2012, and progressed to compete at international-level events. <mask> was the flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, her debut Paralympics, in Sochi where, at the age of 15, she was the youngest person ever to compete for ParalympicsGB at the Winter Paralympic games. In 2017, <mask> and Wild became Great Britain’s first World Champions in a snow sport. In the same year <mask> also became an Honorary Doctor of the University of Kent. Early life and education
<mask> was born on 15 January 1999 in Canterbury, Kent.She was six when she lost much of her vision; in her left eye she has 5–10% peripheral vision, and in her right eye she has 5%. <mask> was studying for her GCSEs in tandem with her sporting career. She was enrolled at King's School in Canterbury; her first year studying there was 2012. As of 2016, <mask> continued to study for her A-Levels in which she obtained 3 As, securing her a place at Loughborough university, Stirling University and Kent University to study psychology starting in 2019 She is now studying at Kent University. Skiing career
In 2006 at the age of seven, shortly before <mask> lost the majority of her sight, she had been to France on a skiing holiday and was encouraged to try the sport by her mother. <mask> was inspired to take up the sport competitively when she met sit-skier Sean Rose, shortly after he had competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Her mother was <mask>'s first sighted guide until late January 2013 for financial reasons.The pair competed together in visually impaired (VI) races. In November 2012, at age 13, <mask> began training with Great Britain's Paralympic development squad. She raced at the Europa Cup in slalom and giant slalom. in spring 2013. Her stand in, temporary sighted guide at the Games, Rachael Ferrier, briefly joined <mask> at the end of 2013. <mask> competes in class B2 due to her lack of complete vision, a classification between being blind and visually impaired. 2014 Paralympics
<mask>'s debut Paralympics was the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi; competing at the age of 15 made her the youngest ParalympicsGB competitor at any Winter Paralympics.She was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony for ParalympicsGB, carrying the flag at the Fisht Olympic Stadium, an honour <mask> described as "a surprise". She competed for ParalympicsGB in the slalom on 14 March, completing both of her runs, and finishing fifth, and competed in the giant slalom on 16 March, again finishing fifth. There was not any significant expectation on <mask> at the 2014 Paralympics, as her target is the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. Post-Sochi
Following the Sochi games, it was announced in April 2014 that <mask> would participate in the Queen's Baton Relay on 5 June 2014, carrying the Baton in Kent. <mask> immediately parted company with Ferrier after the 2014 Paralympics: as a result <mask> competed in the 2014-15 season with a series of stand-in guides. That season she travelled to Canada to compete at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama Mountain Village in British Columbia. Prior to the Championships <mask> had won two gold medals on the World Cup tour and hopes were high that she may medal.At Panorama <mask> took part in the two technical events, the slalom and giant slalom, as she was still too young to compete in the speed events. In her first event, the giant slalom, <mask> took the lead in the first run with a time of 1:12.90, but despite bettering this time in her second run with 1:11.49, she was beaten into silver medal place by a third of a second by Russia's Aleksandra Frantseva. Two days later <mask> took part in the slalom, winning bronze, Britain's only two medals of the games. The following season <mask> teamed up with guide Brett Wild, who had previously raced with <mask>'s coach Euan Bennet on the Scottish ski team. After initially meeting at a training camp in December 2015, the pair competed together at the World Cup finals in Aspen, Colorado, where they took two wins in the downhill and super-G and a third place in the giant slalom: this success convinced the pair to focus on the speed disciplines, which they felt were their strength. In the run-up to the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, <mask> enjoyed a great deal of success on the World Cup circuit, taking 11 medals including seven golds in the months leading up to the championships. At the Championships themselves, <mask> and guide Brett Wild took gold in the downhill with a time of 1:13.42, beating five-time Paralympic champion Henrieta Farkašová by 1.2 seconds.Team GB officials stated that this was the first world championship title for a British paraskier. <mask> and Wild subsequently took a silver behind Farkašová in the Super Combined and a second silver in the Giant Slalom. Since the World Championships in February, <mask> sustained concussion though a crash at the World Cup Finals in March in South Korea. The crash took her out of action for several months. However she was still crowned World Cup downhill champion for the season. In July 2017, <mask> became an Honorary Doctor of The University of Kent. 2018 Paralympics
At the 2018 Paralympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, <mask> took two silver medals on the opening weekend of the Games in the downhill and super-G, before taking the bronze in the slalom on the final day of the Paralympics.2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships

In 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's visually impaired super combined event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway. She also won the bronze medal in the women's visually impaired Super-G event. References

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<mask> (; born 18 September 1982) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club UNAM and the Mexico national team. Starting his career with Guadalajara in 2003, it was during his final years with the team that he would be loaned out to UANL and Toluca, with the latter deciding to purchase him in 2010. He made his debut with the national team in March 2011. Originally Mexico's third-choice goalkeeper for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, he became the team's starting goalkeeper following issues with the first and second-choice goalkeepers, in which Mexico would ultimately win. He would go on to be called up for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2013 and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup, the 2015 Copa América, the Copa América Centenario, and 2016 Summer Olympics. Club career

Guadalajara
With Oswaldo Sánchez out during the first part of the Clausura 2005 with a shoulder injury, <mask> entered the Guadalajara team as a starter against teams from the Primera División de México, and also coming through against South American teams in the Copa Libertadores. On 2 April 2006, Sanchez left temporarily to play with the Mexico national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, leaving <mask> in goal.Since then he has started six Clausura 2006 games for Guadalajara. In the first game he started the club posted a 2–0 loss against Monarcas Morelia. This was followed by a loss to Atlas in the Clásico Tapatío. In the final game of the season, Guadalajara lost to Toluca, 2–0, but after a terrible performance in the first leg of the quarter-finals against Jaguares when he made a big mistake in injury time that caused the winning goal for Jaguares, coach José Manuel de la Torre dropped him as the starter and was replaced by Luis Ernesto Michel and Guadalajara fought back and advanced to the semifinals. The next season, when Oswaldo Sánchez returned, <mask> saw himself as the third goalkeeper of Guadalajara, with Michel as the second keeper, after Oswaldo left Guadalajara, Michel was the starting keeper and <mask> the backup. After this, he didn't have any action with Guadalajara again, taking the decision to leave the club in order to have more minutes played. Tigres UANL
Guadalajara loaned <mask> to Tigres UANL on a one-year loan in 2008, in which he rarely saw action with the team, as he was competing with Óscar Pérez for the spot.Nevertheless, bad luck came for <mask>, as <mask> injured himself in training, making Enrique Palos the next in the line. After he had fully recovered, <mask> was released from Tigres. Toluca

<mask> was transferred to Toluca as a substitute for first team goalkeeper Hernan Cristante, since he was injured for the Apertura 2009. On 26 July 2009, he made his league debut with Toluca playing against his former club Guadalajara in a 4–3 victory. He played as a starter in every game of the season as the team reached the championship semi-finals, losing to eventual championship winners Monterrey. On 15 May 2010, <mask> made it to his first final as starter after defeating Pachuca 1–0 in the second leg of the 2010 Bicentenario championship semi-final (3–2 on aggregate). On 23 May, <mask> helped Toluca win the championship, defeating Santos Laguna in a penalty shoot-out 4–3 after stopping Fernando Arce's shot.His performances led him to win the tournament's Golden Glove award. On 15 September 2013, in a league match against Puebla, <mask> scored a last-minute penalty, helping his team tie the match at 1–1, thus giving him his first goal in the Liga MX. Despite losing the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League Final against Cruz Azul, <mask> won the Golden Glove award. His performances led him to be nominated to the 2014 CONCACAF Goalkeeper of the Year. UNAM
Prior to the start of the 2020–21 season, <mask> joined Club Universidad Nacional in an exchange that saw <mask> join Toluca. On 26 July 2020, he made his league debut for Pumas U.N.A.M. in a 3–2 victory over Querétaro.International career
In January 2011, <mask> received his first call-up to the Mexico national team by José Manuel de la Torre for a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. He made his international team debut on 26 March 2011 in a friendly against Paraguay which El Tri won 3–1. He was called for the team's 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad as a third choice goalkeeper after José de Jesús Corona and Guillermo Ochoa. Following Corona's Liguilla scandal with Cruz Azul and Ochoa's clenbuterol issue, <mask> became Mexico's first-choice goalkeeper, despite having only one international cap. Overall, he saw action in five matches of that tournament and was a starter in the final against United States, where Mexico would go on to win 4–2. <mask> was named in the 23-man squad participating in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Brazil, but did not appear in any of the group stage matches as Mexico failed to progress from the group stage. Following the conclusion of the tournament, <mask> was called up again to participate at the Gold Cup to replace injured goalkeeper Cirilo Saucedo.On 2 June 2014, <mask> was included by Miguel Herrera to be in Mexico's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, but did not appear. <mask> was included in the final roster that would participate at the 2015 Copa América, but made no appearances. With the arrival of then-manager Juan Carlos Osorio in October 2015, <mask> became Mexico's first-choice goalkeeper in various instances. In May 2016, <mask> was included in the final roster to participate at the Copa América Centenario, making a single appearance in the opening group stage match against Uruguay, where Mexico won 3–1. On 7 July, <mask> was named in Mexico's 18-man squad that would participate in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, being one of the three over-aged players. Playing as Mexico's starting goalkeeper in the tournament, he was named captain following Oribe Peralta's injury. Mexico failed to make it past the group stage.<mask> was included in the roster for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, where he participated in the group stage 2–1 victory against New Zealand. In May 2018 he was named in Mexico's preliminary 28-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and in June 2018, he was named in Mexico's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but did not receive any minutes on the field during the tournament. Style of play
Spanish newspaper Marca described <mask> as the best out of the other 2018 FIFA World Cup Mexico goalkeepers in aerial game, someone who knows how to play with his feet (following an injury that left him out for various months), knows how to block penalties, and is able to block shots with stable hands, avoiding rebounded balls that could end up in the opposition. Former Mexico national team coach, Juan Carlos Osorio, has said about <mask> that he has "an extraordinary aerial game. So we have a great goalkeeper for this particular style of game against teams who are direct and are excellent on set-pieces." In an interview with ESPN, former Mexico goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez spoke of <mask> as "I think that the most complete of [<mask>, Ochoa, and Corona] is Talavera, because he is a guy that has strong legs, is good in the air, plays well with his feet and has good reactions." Career statistics

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Honours
Guadalajara
Mexican Primera División: Apertura 2006

Toluca
Mexican Primera División: Bicentenario 2010

Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2011
CONCACAF Cup: 2015

Individual
Mexican Primera División Golden Glove: Bicentenario 2010
CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Save: 2011 (2nd place)
CONCACAF Champions League Golden Glove: 2013–14
Liga MX Best XI: Guardianes 2020
Liga MX All-Star: 2021

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2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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2015 Copa América players
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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
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Olympic footballers of Mexico
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2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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