Byline: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Roy Campanella, the power-hitting Brooklyn Dodgers catcher whose Hall of Fame career was ended by an automobile accident after the 1957 season, died Saturday night at age 71 of a heart attack.
Campanella joined the Dodgers in 1948, a year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. In 1969, Campanella again followed Robinson, this time as the second black player elected to the Hall of Fame.
During a 10-year major league career with the Dodgers, Campanella was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1951, 1953 and 1955. He set major league records for catchers with 41 homers and 142 RBI in 1953.
Campanella died …
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