Bobby Winkles, who built Arizona State into a college baseball powerhouse and managed the California Angels for two seasons, passed away at the age of 90 this week, according to multiple reports.
Winkles, from Tuckerman, Arkansas, played seven seasons of minor league baseball in the Chicago White Sox farm system before retiring and becoming head coach of Arizona State’s baseball program in 1959. Only 29-years-old at the time, he quickly turned the state school into a national contender. Over eleven seasons as head coach, he won three national titles (1965, 1967, 1969) and posted a .