Art Mazmanian, an All-American second baseman on Southern California's first College World Series championship team in 1948 who later coached future major leaguers, has died. He was 91.
Mazmanian was a four-year letterman at USC. He started at shortstop as a freshman in 1945 and at second base in 1948 and ‘49. In 1948, he joined Wally Hood and Hank Workman as the school's first baseball All-American first team choices.
In the 1948 College World Series title game against Yale, Mazmanian went 3 for 3 with a sacrifice and a run scored. It was the school's first-ever NCAA title in baseball.