The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (127 page)

Larson, Rosalie
(Ted’s first cousin; daughter of Paul Venzor, May’s brother),
Lasorda, Tommy
(longtime Dodgers manager and friend of Ted),
La Spada, Carmella
(founder, No Greater Love, charity of which Ted was president),
Lawrimore, Wallace Hampton
(son of Hampton Lawrimore, Tom Yawkey’s chief mechanic in residence at South Island from about 1929 to 1951),
Layon, Joseph
(Florida doctor who treated Ted at Shands Hospital),
Lazor, Johnny
(played for Red Sox from 1943 to 1946),
Leahey, Chick
(former Bates College baseball coach who had dealings with John-Henry),
Lederman, Mort
(worked security at Jimmy Fund and dealt with Ted in the 1950s),
Lee, Bill
(eccentric Red Sox pitcher in the 1970s who knew Ted from spring training),
Lee, Sammy
(television and radio fishing personality; knew and hosted Ted on his programs),
LeFebvre, Bill “Lefty”
(Red Sox pitcher in 1938–39),
Lemler, Jerry
(former Alcor CEO),
Lenhardt, Don
(played for Red Sox in 1952 and 1954),
Lepcio, Ted
(Red Sox infielder from 1952 to 1959),
Levinson, Sandy
(friend of Daisy Bisz, lawyer to Ted),
Lewis, Lana
(had polio as a child; Ted helped her),
Liebster, Jerry
(John-Henry’s baseball agent),
Lind, Carl
(ran Sears staff advisory program with Ted),
Lindia, Dorothy
(widow of longtime Ted pal Joe Lindia, a Cranston, Rhode Island, restaurateur),
Lindia, Frank
(Joe and Dorothy Lindia’s son),
Linsky, Sam
(wrote essay entitled “Ted Williams and Excellence” in his application to Harvard and was admitted),
Lobel, Bob
(Boston sportscaster),
Lodigiani, Dario
(former Pacific Coast League and American League player; opponent of Ted’s),
Long, Bob
(former Vermont Academy headmaster),
Longo, Al
(Boston businessman with an office at Somerset Hotel while Ted was there),
Lorge, Barry
(former
Washington Post
sportswriter and
San Diego Union
sports editor),
Lovely, Anita
(John-Henry’s onetime fiancée and longtime confidante),
Lucchino, Larry
(Red Sox CEO),
Lucero, Gino
(cousin of Ted’s on the Hernandez side of the family),
Lucier, Lou
(pitcher for the Red Sox in 1943–44),
Lupien, Tony
(played for the Sox in 1940, ’42, and ’43),
Luscomb, Brian
(nephew and godson of Rod Luscomb, Ted’s playground mentor),
Lynn, Fred
(Red Sox outfielder from ’75 to ’80; met Ted at spring training),
Lyons, Kirk
(worked with Ted trying to get Shoeless Joe Jackson into the Hall of Fame)

MacIntyre, Michelle Orlando
(John-Henry’s first girlfriend),
Magill, Charles
(veterinarian to Ted’s dog Slugger for six years),
Mahoney, Jim
(Red Sox infielder, 1959),
Mallett, Jerry
(played briefly for 1959 Red Sox),
Maloney, Bud
(younger schoolmate of Ted at Hoover High;
San Diego Union
sportswriter),
Maloof, Ferris
(scoreboard operator at Fenway from 1949 to the late ’50s),
Malzone, Frank
(played third base for the Red Sox from 1955 to 1965),
Marinari, Don
(a friend of Ted from the 1980s on),
Martin, Lisa
(John-Henry’s widow),
Masterson, Walt
(pitcher with Red Sox from 1949 to 1952),
Maxwell, Charlie
(played outfield in parts of 1950, ’51, ’52, and ’54 for the Red Sox),
Mays, Willie
(Ted rooted for the all-time great in his Hall of Fame induction speech),
Maznicki, Frank
(Ted was his flight instructor at Pensacola; played baseball and football at Boston College and football for the Chicago Bears),
McCall, John “Windy”
(pitched sparingly for the Red Sox from 1948 to 1949),
McCarthy, Dave
(former New Hampshire state police officer and now director of the Ted Williams museum),
McCauley, Andy
(manager of Schaumburg Flyers when John-Henry played for the team),
McDonald, Jim
(pitched nine games for the 1950 Red Sox),
McDonough, Will
(
Boston Globe
columnist),
McDougal, Elaine
(daughter of Hampton Lawrimore, Yawkey’s chief mechanic),
McKinnis, Jerry
(host of
The Fishin’ Hole,
program on ESPN; went to Russia on a fishing trip with Ted),
McWalter, Robert
(Ted’s longtime lawyer),
Meehan, Bobby
(worked for Tim McAuliffe, who provided Red Sox uniforms for years),
Mele, Sam
(played two stints for Red Sox from 1947 to 1949 and from 1954 to 1955),
Mercer, Bobby
(rector at Miramichi church from 1974 to 1981),
Minarcin, Rudy
(pitched a handful of games for the Red Sox in 1956 and ’57),
Miranti, Tricia
(disabled Florida girl whom Ted took under his wing),
Miranti, Vicki
(mother of Tricia Miranti),
Mitchell, Ramona
(friend of Doris Soule),
Mitrovich, George
(president of the City Club of San Diego; interviewed about the Red Sox beat writer Ed Rumill),
Moford, Herb
(pitched four games for the 1959 Red Sox),
Monahan, Bob
(former
Globe
reporter who covered college sports for the paper for forty years; brother of Leo Monahan),
Monahan, Leo
(longtime
Record
reporter who worked closely with Dave Egan),
Monbouquette, Bill
(pitched for Red Sox from ’58 to ’65),
Montgomery, Bob
(former Red Sox catcher and broadcaster),
Mooney, Joe
(longtime Red Sox groundskeeper; groundskeeper at RFK Stadium in Washington when Ted managed there),
Moore, Gene
(friend and business partner of Ted),
Moore, Jimmy, Jr.
(lawyer in Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina),
More, Nelva
(Ted’s fiancée until they broke off their engagement in 1957),
Morgan, Chris
(young promoter from Manchester, New Hampshire, who participated in a panel discussion with Ted, George W. Bush, and former Red Sox pitcher Dennis Eckersley in January of 2000, prior to the annual Granite State Baseball Dinner in which Ted endorsed Bush),
Morgan, Dot
(wife of Joe Morgan),
Morgan, Joe
(former Sox manager and Ted pal),
Morton, Guy
(played one game for 1954 Red Sox),
Moscato, Arthur
(Sox ticket manager; started in the ’40s, took requests for Ted),
Moss, Les
(caught for the Red Sox in the last part of 1951),
Mueller, Gordie
(pitched in eight games for the Sox in 1950),
Muggeo, Louis
(lawyer for Lane Forman in memorabilia case against John-Henry),
Mulcahy, Joe
(Warwick, Rhode Island, Little Leaguer who was hospitalized on 8/30/58 after being beaned while batting; Ted sent him a birthday cake and an autographed ball),
Muller, Virginia
(sister of Joe Urezzio, friend of Ted’s uncle John Smith; aunt of Joanne Fredo, above),
Munday, Bill
(former Ted caretaker),
Munday, Kay
(Bill’s wife; also a Ted caretaker),
Murphy, John
(younger son of former Yankees and Red Sox relief pitcher Johnny Murphy, who helped out around the clubhouse in the 1950s),
Murphy, Sean
(accountant for John-Henry and Ted),
Murphy, Tom
(older son of former Sox and Yankees pitcher Johnny Murphy)

Nash, Jerry
(Sam Tamposi’s partner in Citrus Hills; founding director of the Ted museum),
Nathan, Alan
(expert on the physics of baseball; interviewed about Ted heating his bats),
Nathan, David
(Jimmy Fund president emeritus; hosted Ted on ’99 All-Star Game visit to the hospital),
Nayfield, Casey
(veterinarian to Ted’s dog Slugger for a short time),
Nee, Peter
(Ted’s banker at BankBoston; Brookline neighbor of John-Henry),
Nelson, Dave
(played under Ted for the Senators and Rangers),
Newbery, Don
(radio reporter who did an in-depth interview with Dolores Williams in 1969, which he released only after Ted died),
Newman, Roberta
(teaches baseball history at NYU; specializes in baseball advertising),
Nicoll, Don
(first sick boy Ted visited, at Boston’s Faulkner Hospital, in 1939),
Nolan, Martin
(former
Boston Globe
Washington bureau chief and editorial page editor),
Nowlin, Bill
(record executive and prolific baseball author)

O’Connor, Brian
(friend of Ted; Jimmy Fund board member; adviser to John-Henry),
O’Hara, Dave
(longtime AP sportswriter in Boston),
Oliver, Dell
(Ted’s Hoover High teammate),
Olson, Karl
(Red Sox outfielder in 1951 and from ’53 to ’55),
O’Neil, Buck
(Negro Leaguer; baseball historian; worked in commissioner’s office),
O’Neill, Thomas P., III
(former Massachusetts lieutenant governor and PR executive),
Ortiz, Carolyn
(Ted’s first cousin; Paul Venzor’s daughter; sister of Rosalie Larson),
Owens, Gary
(director of golf at Black Diamond Ranch; knew Ted and John-Henry)

Pagliaroni, Jim
(caught for Red Sox in one game in ’55, then played from 1960 to 1962),
Palmieri, Al
(counselor at Ted Williams camp in Lakeville),
Parnell, Mel
(Red Sox pitcher, 1947–1956),
Patel, Dr. Dinesh
(chief of arthroscopic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital),
Patterson, James T.
(Brown University professor; interviewed about Senator Robert Taft),
Pellagrini, Eddie
(played for Red Sox 1946–47),
Perez, Bill
(son of Connie Matthews, sister of Ted’s cousin Ernest Ponce),
Perskie, Joe
(HBO producer; did a program on the cryonics controversy),
Pesky, Johnny
(longtime friend; Ted’s former Red Sox teammate),
Phelps, Hazel
(Ted’s secretary when he was with the Washington Senators),
Pierce, Charles
(former
Boston Globe
writer),
Piersall, Jimmy
(Red Sox outfielder from 1950 to 1958),
Pitts, Dan
(knew Ted at Islamorada),
Platt, Charles
(onetime Alcor executive),
Player, Gloria Poston
(daughter of former Yawkey plantation manager Harry Poston),
Plews, Herb
(infielder for Red Sox in 1959),
Podres, Johnny
(former Dodgers pitcher),
Ponce, Mary
(widow of Ernest Ponce, Ted’s cousin),
Porter, Bruce
(former pastor at Island Christian School in Islamorada; introduced Ted to Jack Hyles; witnessed their evangelical encounter),
Porter, Frank
(Marine Corps veteran; interviewed about Ted’s military records),
Positano, Dr. Rock
(Joe DiMaggio pal),
Poth, Len
(served in World War II with Ted and played on the Pensacola baseball team with him),
Pratt, Leo
(bell captain at the Somerset Hotel from 1950 to 1960),
Press, Ben
(Ted’s childhood chum),
Pressman, David
(as a boy, befriended Ted and persuaded him to start heating his bats),
Proia, Loretta
(sister of longtime Red Sox clubhouse attendant Donald Fitzpatrick),
Psaute, Alice
(member of San Diego’s
Salvation Army who knew May Williams),
Puiia, Anthony
(brother of Dominic Puiia, who played ball with Ted in the Marines)

Ramin, Jordan
(ghostwriter for Ted’s syndicated column in the mid-1960s),
Reardon, Jack
(Harvard official who offered Ted an honorary degree),
Reedy, Billy
(longtime friend of Ted from Detroit),
Remy, Jerry
(’70s Red Sox infielder; currently a Sox broadcaster; met Ted in spring training),
Renna, Bill
(outfielder for Red Sox from 1958 to 1959),
Richter, Al
(played shortstop for Red Sox in parts of 1951 and 1953),
Rigney, Joe
(Citrus Hills community association manager; knew Ted),
Rittenberg, Gerry
(trustee of Ted’s museum and a friend of John-Henry),
Roberts, Bettye
(with her late husband, Jack, bought the Sunset Lodge in South Carolina after it went out of business; friend of Hazel Weisse),
Rogde, Ruby and Russ
(Princeton, Minnesota, residents who knew Doris Soule),
Rogowski, Ted
(lawyer for Ted’s marriage to and divorce from Lee Howard; also did his Sears contract),
Rolfingsmeier, Kathleen
(live-in nurse who coordinated Ted’s at-home care),
Romano, Roselle
(Miami Beach woman originally from Fort Lee, New Jersey, who befriended Sam Williams’s half sisters, Ted’s aunts),
Romolt, Jerry
(memorabilia dealer and friend of Ted),
Ronquillo, David
(San Diego lawyer who was a cousin of Ted’s on the Hernandez side of the family),
Rose, Charlie
(TV broadcaster who interviewed Williams),
Roselli, Mike
(Fenway vendor from 1954 to 1960 who occasionally shagged flies for Ted),
Ross, Jim
(former reporter with
St. Petersburg Times,
now with
Ocala StarBanner;
cowrote a story in August of 2000 linking John-Henry and Hitter.net to pornography),
Ross, Tom
(pilot in Korea with Ted),
Ruoff, Rick
(Islamorada neighbor of Ted; fishing guide and writer),
Ryan, Mary Jane
(former Red Sox secretary; grew up in Vermont near the Wettach family)