After the news of Brooks Robinson’s death, a lot of fans and loved ones have shown interest in knowing who his wife, Constance Louise is.
Who is Brooks Robinson?
Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. was born on May 18, 1937, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Brooks Calbert and Ethel Mae (née Denker) Robinson. His father worked for Colonial Bakery in Little Rock and later became a captain with the Little Rock Fire Department.
Meanwhile, his mother worked for Sears Roebuck & Company before accepting a position with the state controller’s office. Young Brooks drew a salary himself from delivering the Arkansas Gazette on his bicycle, as well as operating the scoreboard and selling soft drinks at Lamar Porter Field.
Brooks Robinson career
Brooks Sr. had played second base for a semi-pro baseball team. He would play the game with his son during Brooks Jr.’s younger years. Growing up, Brooks Jr. rooted for the St. Louis Cardinals; Stan Musial was his favorite player. In high school, he played American Legion Baseball for the M. M. Eberts Post No. 1 Doughboys, among the greatest American Legion teams in that part of the country.
The team reached the regional finals in 1952, when Robinson was 15. They then advanced to the sectional tournament in 1953. Robinson graduated from Little Rock Central High School on May 27, 1955, impressing the University of Arkansas enough with his basketball ability that the school offered him a full scholarship.
However, Robinson desired to become a professional baseball player. Lindsay Deal, who went to Capitol View Methodist Church with Robinson, had been a teammate of new Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards on a minor league team, and he wrote a letter to Richards praising Robinson’s ability. “He’s no speed demon, but neither is he a truck horse,” Deal wrote. “Brooks has a lot of power, baseball savvy, and is always cool when the chips are down.”
In 1955, three major league teams sent scouts to Little Rock to try to sign Robinson: the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Redlegs, and the Orioles. Each offered $4,000, but only Cincinnati and Baltimore were offering major league contracts.
Robinson ultimately chose to sign with Baltimore because the Orioles, who had relocated from St. Louis just a year earlier after posting losing records in 21 of their previous 24 seasons, had shown the most interest and had the most opportunities for young players to become everyday players on their roster. Art Ehlers was the scout who signed him.
Brooks Robinson wife: Who is Constance Louise “Connie” Butcher?
Robinson met his future wife, Constance Louise “Connie” Butcher, on an Orioles team flight from Kansas City to Boston in July 1959, where she was working as a flight attendant for United Airlines. He was so smitten with her that he kept ordering iced teas from her. Some of his teammates encouraged him to go talk to her. After drinking his third glass, he returned it to her in the galley. There he told her: “I want to tell you something.
If any of these guys, the Baltimore Orioles, ask you for a date, tell ’em you don’t date married men. Understand? I’m the only single guy on the team.” Actually, nearly half of the Orioles were single. Before the plane landed in Boston the two had made a date to go out.
The two were married in her hometown of Windsor, Ontario, Canada on October 8, 1960. They resided in Owings Mills, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. They had four children: Brooks David (b. 1961), Chris (b. 1963), Michael (b. 1964), and Diana (b. 1968).
source: www.ghbase.com
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