Duke Snider Scholarship Fund established at Legacy Endowment Community Foundation

FALLBROOK – In any particular minute of any particular day, at least 225,000 references can be found on the internet about Baseball Hall of Fame player Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider. All those wonderful stats record his love of the game carved out over several decades, easily accessed with just a few taps of the keyboard.

Collectable baseball cards, in-depth interviews in print, radio, or on television plus a gazillion statistical data sites pay tribute to his stellar career, primarily playing as a center fielder for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.

But before all of those stats, Snider's life c...