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TOM GREENWADE

TOM GREENWADE
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Tom Greenwade, the scout who signed Mickey Mantle and helped persuade the Brooklyn Dodgers to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues, died Saturday.

He was 81 years old.

Mr. Greenwade, who lived all his life in Willard in southwest Missouri, signed Mantle in 1949 in Baxter Springs, Kan. Robinson began playing with Brooklyn in 1947.

Following a career in the minor leagues as a pitcher and a manager, Mr. Greenwade began scouting for the St. Louis Browns in 1941. He was a scout for the Yankees from 1949 to 1964, and signed such players as Bill Virdon, Elston Howard, Hank Bauer and Bobby Murcer.

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