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Former Cardinal MVP Marty Marion dies
Date: 3/16/2011 Album ID: 1193326
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Mary Marion, the 1944 National League MVP with the Cardinals and a former manager of the Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, died Tuesday night, March 15, 2011.
Whitey Kurowski, Enos Slaughter, Marty Marion and Stan Musial know the year the Cardinals won their third world title in the '40s.
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TUESDAY 30 MARCH 2004 - Marty Marion was the last manager of the St. Louis Browns before they moved to Baltimore. Marion is best known as the Cardinals shortstop who won the National League MVP award in 1944. Now 87 years old, he lives in Ladue with his wife of 67 years. PHOTO BY ROBERT COHEN/PD
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The Cardinals infield in 1943: (from left) third baseman Whitey Kurowski, first baseman Ray Sanders, shortstop Marty Marion and second baseman Lou Klein.
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Nov. 29, 1951 - St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck helps his newly acquired player-coach, Marty Marion, size up a new uniform.
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Shortstop rivals Marty Marion of the Cardinals and Pee Wee Reese of the Dodgers pose during the 1949 season.
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The Marions at home in 1950. Marty, Linda, Martinna, Mary and Ginger
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Martin Haley, president of the baseball writers, presents Marty Marion with the award for being named he National League's MVP in 1944.
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FILE -In this Oct. 1, 1946 file photo, St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion leaps high to avoid the spikes of sliding Brooklyn Dodgers runner Ed Stanky in the third inning of the first game in the National League tie-breaker series in St. Louis, Mo. Others are unidentified. Marion, the 1944 National League MVP with the Cardinals and a former manager of the Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, died Tuesday night, March 15, 2011, of unknown causes in St. Louis, a Cardinals spokesman said. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - In this April 30, 1952 file photo, St Louis Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion makes a big stretch. Marion, the 1944 National League MVP with the Cardinals and a former manager of the Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, died Tuesday night, March 15, 2011, of unknown causes in St. Louis, a Cardinals spokesman said. (AP Photo/File)
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(This photo might have been shot on Nov. 30, 1950) Marty Marion, new manager of the Cardinals, and Fred Saigh, president of the club, shaking hands after the appointment. Post-Dispatch staff photo
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FILE PHOTO 1950 -- Enos Slaughter, left, and Marty Marion, right, welcome Harry Walker, center, back to the Redbird flock at the St. Petersberg, Fla. training camp.
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