Koufax biography

1935—Present

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Sanford Koufax
BORN: December 30, 1935
BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, New York
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Capricorn

Who is Sandy Koufax

Born on December 30, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, Sandy Koufax signed by the hometown Brooklyn Dodgers, the hard-throwing left-hander was the most dominant pitcher in baseball until elbow arthritis forced an early retirement at age 30.

Koufax became the youngest player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, and has since served as a pitching instructor for his former team.

Early Years

Sandy Koufax was born Sanford Braun on December 30, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York.

The future baseball great took on his more familiar surname at age 9 when his mother, Evelyn, remarried attorney Irving Koufax. An outstanding schoolboy athlete, Koufax starred at basketball and barely played baseball during his time at Lafayette High School.

However, he emerged as a hard-throwing left-handed pitcher at the University of