The 100 Greatest Brooklynites of All Time: 30 to 21
You know what Borough Park’s Koufax did after Dodger teammate Gil Hodges made the last out of the 1955 World Series? Drove up to Columbia to attend night school classes in architecture. So no, the odd an unlovable Koufax isn’t on this list because he was a Brooklyn Dodger (his most notable appearance for the team in Brooklyn was as its last ever pitcher). Nope, he’s on this list because most baseball aficionados would still pick him—if they could pick one single pitcher, in his prime—to win tomorrow’s game. He was that good.