George Theodore

George Basil Theodore (born November 13, 1947) is a retired Major League Baseball player.

He is probably best remembered for a brutal collision in left-center field with Don Hahn in a game against the Atlanta Braves at Shea Stadium on July 7, 1973.

As a result of the collision, Ralph Garr scored an inside-the-park home run, and Theodore dislocated his hip and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.

[2] After his baseball career, Theodore returned to the University of Utah and earned a Master of Social Work degree in 1978.

Theodore was interviewed during a game by the TV broadcasters on April 16, 2023, when the Mets played the A's in Oakland for a 1973 World Series reunion segment.

Theodore, circa 1968