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Images: Dallas Green Through the Years

See moments from the life of former MLB player, manager, and Chicago Cubs general manager Dallas Green. Green pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, and New York Mets in his playing career from 1960-67, and then managed the 1980 Phillies to a World Series Championship. Green oversaw a Cubs rebuild that culminated with a 1984 NL Eastern Division title.

Dallas Green speaks after being introduced as the new general manager for the Chicago Cubs in 1981. DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTO
Dallas Green, senior advisor to the Philadelphia Phillies general manager, talks to members of the media about the loss of†his 9-year-old granddaughter Christina Taylor at the team's spring training baseball facility, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Clearwater, Fla. Taylor was†one of six people killed during a shooting rampage last month in Tucson, Ariz. ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Yankees manager Yogi Berra, left, and Chicago Cubs general manager Dallas Green are all smiles after their ball clubs completed a six player deal during the second day of winter meetings on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1984 in Houston. The Yankees sent pitcher Ray Fontenot and player Brian Dayett to the Cubs for four players, marking the first trade of the week-long gathering. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Green signs autographs in this undated photo. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green holds up a Pete Rose jersey before placing it on first base, Rose's position, during ceremonies honoring the 1980 World Series championship team, before a Philadelphia game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, June 17, 2000, in Philadelphia. Rose wasn't permitted to attend the reunion. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green, second from left, follows former manager Paul Owens past a Pete Rose jersey which Green placed on first base, Rose's position, during ceremonies honoring the 1980 World Series championship team, prior to the start of the game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, June 17, 2000, in Philadelphia. Rose wasn't permitted to attend the reunion. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fans hold a sign to honor former Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose during ceremonies honoring the 1980 World Series champion team, before Philadelphia's game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, June 17, 2000, in Philadelphia. Rose wasn't permitted to attend the reunion. Former manager Dallas Green placed a Rose jersey on first base, Rose's position. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green holds a Pete Rose jersey after he placed it on first base, Rose's position, during ceremonies honoring the 1980 World Series champion team before the start of a game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, June 17, 2000, in Philadelphia. Rose wasn't permitted to attend the reunion. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green, center, puts his arm around relief pitcher Tug McGraw (45) as shortstop Larry Bowa, right, comes out to offer his congratulations after the Phillies won Sunday's World Series game in Kansas City, 4-3, Oct. 19, 1980, Philadelphia, Pa. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies short stop Larry Bowa, left, and Phillies manager Dallas Green try to get at umpire Steve Fields, at center without hat, after a disputed second base call in the game played Aug. 24, 1981 in Philadelphia Monday night against the Atlanta Braves. Both Green and Bowa were ejected from this game. Dispute was over call Fields made during an attempted double play. Green was responsible for knocking Fields' hat off. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fans react as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Kevin Cash tries to field Ricky Ledee's foul ball that fell into the stands behind home plate in the sixth inning of the Blue Jays' 12-2 trouncing of the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, April 1, 2004, at Knology Park in Dunedin, Fla. Former New York Mets manager Dallas Green , lower right (wearing Phillies cap), a senior adviser to Phillies general manager Ed Wade, ducks to avoid the ball, lower right. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Phillies manager Dallas Green, left, rushes forward to congratulation relief pitcher Tug McGraw just after the last out of the NL playoff game against the Houston Astros, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1980, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia won the first game in the playoff series, 3-1. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone, left, and Manager Dallas Green, right, talk with relief hurler Tug McGraw (45) during eighth inning action with the Astros, Friday, Oct. 10, 1980, Houston, Tex. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green, center, is hugged by Coach Ruben Amaro, left, and congratulated by first baseman Pete Rose, right, after the Phillies took the National League title in Houston Sunday, Oct. 13, 1980. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies president Ruly Carpenter, left, answers a question as manager Dallas Green wipes an eye on March 6, 1981, at the Phillies Clearwater, Florida training camp. Carpenter had announced at a news conference that the World Champions are up for sale. He said that the reason for the sale was a difference between the Carpenter family and some other owners on how baseball business should be conducted. ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Yankees manager Yogi Berra, left, and Chicago Cubs general manager Dallas Green are all smiles after their ball clubs completed a six player deal during the second day of winter meetings on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1984 in Houston. The Yankees sent pitcher Ray Fontenot and player Brian Dayett to the Cubs for four players, marking the first trade of the week-long gathering. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton hugs Dallas Green during a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green left, manager of the National League All Stars, goes over ground rules of the game with American League team manager Jim Frey, manager of the Kansas City Royals, on Sunday, August 9, 1981 in Cleveland. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green addresses the crowd after being inducted into the team's Hall of Fame before Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, baseball game in Philadelphia. Behind him are former Phillies, Robin Roberts,left, Jim Bunning, and right Greg Luzinski. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, right, talks with former manager Dallas Green on the first day of the team's baseball spring training for pitchers and catchers in Clearwater, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green, left, hugs current manager Charlie Manuel after Green threw out the first pitch before Game 5 of the National League Championship baseball series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, in Philadelphia. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Chicago Cubs general manager Dallas Green signs autographs before the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday, July 25, 2010. Green was also the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and New York Mets. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Green, Senior advisor to the Philadelphia Phillies general Manager, talks to members of the media about the loss of his 9-year-old granddaughter Christina Taylor at the team's spring training baseball facility, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Clearwater, Fla. Taylor was one of six people killed during a shooting rampage last month in Tucson, Ariz.. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green makes friends with a young fan, 17-month-old Amy Allen, before an exhibition game with the Mets in Clearwater, FL, Mar. 14, 1981. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Green, pitcher for the Phillies, is shown in Clearwater, FL in March, 1964. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Phillies manager Dallas Green shouts at umpire Eric Gregg after Gregg reversed a decision in favor of the Pirates during the 6th inning of a game in Phildelphia, Sept. 21, 1979. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green grins broadly as he talks with mewsmen in the clubhouse after the Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, 7-6, in the first game of the World Series in Philadelphia, Oct. 14, 1980. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green presses his lips together as he told a newsman he had held talks with officials of the Chicago Cubs about a high-level management job, Oct. 5, 1981 in Philadelphia. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Green, pitcher for the Phillies, is shown in Florida, March, 1959. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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