Frankie Frisch (Cubs manager, 1949-1951) was nicknamed the Fordham Flash because he attended Fordham and he was a big base stealer during his playing career (1919-1937). He is a Hall of Famer as a player, and won a World Series as a player/manager with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934 (he also won 3 other series as a player), but The Fordham Flash had no chance as a manager of the simply terrible late 40s, early 50s Cubs. He was warned not to take the job by everyone before it was offered, but he took it anyway, and crashed and burned. His teams finished 8th, 7th, and 8th. It turned out to be his last managing job.