Casey Stengel

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (born July 30, 1890 or 1891, died September 29, 1975) was a famous baseball player and manager. He got the nickname "Casey" from Kansas City ("K. C."), Missouri, where he was born. In his early days, he was also known as "Dutch".

Source

• Quotations sprinkled through this article are from the book The Gospel According to Casey, by Ira Berkow and Jim Kaplan, (c)1992.