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Subject(s): Rod Dedeaux
Sport: Baseball
Location: Dedeaux Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Unveiled: 16/2/2014
Sculptor: Lawrence Noble
Material: Bronze
Status: In Situ
Inscription(s): Inscribed on base: "HI TIGERS!" Plaque (on wall of building behind statue): RAOUL "ROD" DEDEAUX FIELD. THIS FIELD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF AN ALUMNUS OF THE CLASS OF 1935 WHOSE COACHING RECORD WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS WITHOUT PARALLEL IN THE ANNALS OF COLLEGIATE BASEBALL. RAOUL "ROD" DEDEAUX IS A WINNER IN BOTH BUSINESS AND BASEBALL, A MAN OF HUMOR AND DETERMINATION, AND COACH OF UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS AND PLAYERS, WITH STILL MORE TO COME IN THE YEARS BEYOND THIS DEDICATION.
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