Join us for the 7th Greater Prescott Area Prayer Breakfast, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:00 a.m. at the Prescott Resort
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Gather with citizens from the Quad Cities as we join our hearts in prayer for our community, state and nation. Our guest speaker for this 7th event is Bobby Richardson, second baseman, for the famous New York Yankees. He joined the New York Yankees at the age of 19. Over the next twelve years, Bobby played in more than 1400 games while the Yankees were winning American League pennants in nine of his first ten years. Bobby received many awards and honors over the years, including two honorary doctorates, and the prestigious Gold Gavel Award from Toastmasters International.
Overriding the tributes and accolades through his life, however, was his life example to his teammates, to those he coached at the university level and to athletes throughout the nation. He delivered a message of hope and inspiration; a message of encouragement much in the same manner as some of his key hits and fielding gems did for the New York Yankees and their followers in the 1960s.
Named the Most Valuable Player in the 1960 World Series (still the only player from a losing team to be so named), Bobby still holds numerous World Series records, including runs-batted-in in a game, runs-batted-in in a series and hits in a series. He also holds the record for having played in 30 consecutive World Series games. Bobby finished as runner-up to Mickey Mantle in the voting for American League MVP in 1962. He was a member of seven American League All-Star teams and won five consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove awards.
Retiring from the Yankees at the age of 31, Bobby became the baseball coach at the University of South Carolina. In 1975 his team compiled a record of 51-6, losing to Texas in the final game of the College World Series. After having also coached at Coastal Carolina College and Liberty University, Bobby stepped down as Athletic Director at Liberty in 1990. He is active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and served for ten years as the president of Baseball Chapel.
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