Some of you posters on here are too young to remember Fresco Thompson, but those of us who were brought up with the Dodgers of the 19’50s and 1960s were treated to his handiwork for many years. And so were some fans in the ’70s. When he died of cancer in late 1968, his last draft class would make a huge impact on Dodger teams for the next decade and beyond.
Lafayette Fresco Thompson was born in Centreville, Alabama on June 6, 1902. His father, Lafayette Sr. was named by his paternal grandmother. She found the name Fresco in a Scottish novel she had read.