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Willie Davis dies at 69; former Dodger center fielder Los Angeles Times

He won three Gold Gloves, set a team record with a 31-game hitting streak and was blessed with blistering speed. But his life off the field was troubled, with drug problems and brushes with the law. Willie Davis, a brilliant but sometimes erratic center fielder who became one of the Dodgers’ stars soon after the franchise moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn, has died. He was 69.