Subject(s): Roy Campanella Sport: Baseball Location: National Baseball HOF Museum, Cooperstown, NY (Previously sited in restaurant "The Brooklyn Diner" in New York City) Unveiled: 3/6/2001 Sculptor: Stanley Bleifeld Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque: The Catcher. Roy Campanella. 1998 Cast Bronze by Stanley Bleifeld. These sculptures, modeled after the 1935 World Series Game Seven Battery of Johnny Podres and Roy Campanella, were donated by ardent fan Sheldon Fireman in memory of all the hours he stood outside Ebbets Field hoping beyond hope to collect an autograph from anyone who ever played there. "May they put a smile on the faces of all the wonderful fans of baseball." Sheldon Fireman, July 2001. Links: Sculptor Project