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data-file-width="414" data-file-height="757" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Hopper, circa 1951</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1902-10-03</span>)</span>October 3, 1902<br /><a href="/wiki/Porterville,_Mississippi" title="Porterville, Mississippi">Porterville, Mississippi</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> April 17, 1976<span style="display:none">(1976-04-17)</span> (aged 73)<br /><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi" title="Greenwood, Mississippi">Greenwood, Mississippi</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-member-header"><th colspan="2" 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Hopper played from 1926 through 1941 and continued managing through 1956. </p><p>Managing the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Royals" title="Montreal Royals">Montreal Royals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> in 1946, Hopper served as <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>'s first manager in integrated baseball. Hopper was named manager of the year with the Royals in 1946 and with the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Beavers" title="Portland Beavers">Portland Beavers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> in 1953. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="International League Hall of Fame">International League Hall of Fame</a> in 2009. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Hopper&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Hopper&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hopper played collegiately at <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_baseball" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball">Mississippi State University</a>, known as Mississippi A&M College at the time, and was a three-year letterman. A search of MSU athletic records from the period shows that Hopper's first collegiate year was as a member of legendary MSU head coach <a href="/wiki/Dudy_Noble" title="Dudy Noble">C.R. "Dudy" Noble's</a> 1924 team that won the last of A&M's six baseball championships in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_leagues">Minor leagues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Hopper&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Minor leagues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hopper played in <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> from 1926 through 1941. On July 17, 1927, Hopper hit four <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> in a game for the <a href="/wiki/Danville_Veterans" class="mw-redirect" title="Danville Veterans">Danville Veterans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Indiana%E2%80%93Iowa_League" title="Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League">Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joining the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Red_Wings" title="Rochester Red Wings">Rochester Red Wings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> for the final three weeks of the 1928 season as a substitute, Hopper helped lead the team to the league's <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manager">Manager</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Hopper&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Manager"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hopper became a <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Laurel_Cardinals" title="Laurel Cardinals">Laurel Cardinals</a> in 1929. He played for the <a href="/wiki/Greensboro_Patriots" class="mw-redirect" title="Greensboro Patriots">Greensboro Patriots</a> in 1930 but did not manage the team. He managed the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottsdale_Cardinals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scottsdale Cardinals (page does not exist)">Scottsdale Cardinals</a> in 1931 and was then hired by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> organization as a player-manager for the <a href="/wiki/Elmira_Red_Wings" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmira Red Wings">Elmira Red Wings</a>. He managed the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greensburg_Redwings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greensburg Redwings (page does not exist)">Greensburg Redwings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Association" title="Pennsylvania State Association">Pennsylvania State Association</a> to the league championship in 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After managing the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Cardinals" title="Springfield Cardinals">Springfield Cardinals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Association" title="Western Association">Western Association</a> to a second-place finish in 1938, he was promoted to manage the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Red_Birds" title="Columbus Red Birds">Columbus Red Birds</a> of the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a> in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to manage the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Buffaloes" title="Houston Buffaloes">Houston Buffaloes</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hopper joined the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> organization in 1942. He managed the <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Bears" title="Mobile Bears">Mobile Bears</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Association" title="Southern Association">Southern Association</a> in 1945, leading them to the league championship. He was promoted to become the manager for the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Royals" title="Montreal Royals">Montreal Royals</a> of the International League for the 1946 season.<sup id="cite_ref-royals_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-royals-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-redemption_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redemption-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>, the first black player to integrate baseball since the 1880s, entered the Dodgers farm system and was assigned to the Royals. Hopper, who opposed integration of baseball at the time,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> asked <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Branch Rickey</a>, the <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> of the Dodgers, to assign Robinson to a different Dodgers affiliate, but Rickey kept Robinson assigned to Montreal.<sup id="cite_ref-redemption_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redemption-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson reported that Hopper treated him well, and the Royals won the <a href="/wiki/Governors%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Governors' Cup">Governors' Cup</a> as the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> champions. The <i><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a></i> named Hopper the Manager of the Year for all of minor league baseball that season.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hopper recommended the Dodgers promote Robinson to the major leagues for the 1947 season.<sup id="cite_ref-redemption_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redemption-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hopper remained Montreal's manager through the 1949 season.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1946 and 1949, Hopper managed three <a href="/wiki/Governors%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Governors' Cup">Governors' Cup</a> champions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1950, Rickey assigned Hopper to manage the <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Saints" title="St. Paul Saints">St. Paul Saints</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(20th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (20th century)">American Association</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Walter Alston</a> became Montreal's manager.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1952 through 1955, Hopper managed the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Beavers" title="Portland Beavers">Portland Beavers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> (PCL), which at the time was unaffiliated with an MLB franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named the PCL manager of the year in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hopper managed the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Stars" title="Hollywood Stars">Hollywood Stars</a> of the PCL, a <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> affiliate, in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from baseball following the season.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He ranks #15 of all time in minor league wins by a manager. Hopper was posthumously inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="International League Hall of Fame">International League Hall of Fame</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal">Personal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Hopper&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hopper lived in <a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi" title="Greenwood, Mississippi">Greenwood, Mississippi</a>. He worked as a <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> <a href="/wiki/Broker" title="Broker">broker</a> during the baseball offseason.<sup id="cite_ref-redemption_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redemption-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hopper is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Brett_Cullen" title="Brett Cullen">Brett Cullen</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/42_(film)" title="42 (film)">42</a></i>, the 2013 biopic about Robinson.<sup id="cite_ref-redemption_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redemption-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Hopper&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.milb.com/documents/2009/01/23/499608/1/Hopper.pdf">"Clay Hopper"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>MiLB.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 1,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MiLB.com&rft.atitle=Clay+Hopper&rft.date=2009-01-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milb.com%2Fdocuments%2F2009%2F01%2F23%2F499608%2F1%2FHopper.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClay+Hopper" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=6010">Before Jackie Robinson went pro, he trained under MSU alum</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sabr.org/research/four-homers-one-game">"Four or more home runs in a single game"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research" title="Society for American Baseball Research">Society for American Baseball Research</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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