Dom Dallessandro

<b>Dom Dallessandro (right):</b>  Known as "Dim Dom," he was the original <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT000011629" title="Tony Campana" href="/topic/sports/baseball/tony-campana-PESPT000011629.topic">Tony Campana</a>, standing 5-foot-6 and playing outfield in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLTRA0000169" title="Wrigley Field" href="/topic/sports/baseball/wrigley-field-PLTRA0000169.topic">Wrigley Field</a>. He drove in 85 runs in 1941, his second season with the Cubs. Unfortunately for Dim Dom, he served in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVHST00000110" title="World War II (1939-1945)" href="/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/wars-interventions/world-war-ii-%281939-1945%29-EVHST00000110.topic">World War II</a> and missed the 1945 season, the last time the Cubs won a pennant.
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( Tribune archive photo / February 19, 2013 )

Dom Dallessandro (right): Known as "Dim Dom," he was the original Tony Campana, standing 5-foot-6 and playing outfield in Wrigley Field. He drove in 85 runs in 1941, his second season with the Cubs. Unfortunately for Dim Dom, he served in World War II and missed the 1945 season, the last time the Cubs won a pennant.

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