He led the New York Yankees to 9 World Series titles in 13 years.
Paul Simon immortalized DiMaggio in his song "Mrs. Robinson." Simon's favourite Yankee was actually Mickey Mantle, and when Dick Cavett asked why Mantle's name wasn't used instead of DiMaggio, Simon replied "It's about syllables, Dick. It's about how many beats there are."
Mickey Mantle, DiMaggio's successor in centerfield at Yankee Stadium, said Joe was "beyond question one of the greatest players of the century”.
On an episode of Seinfeld, the characters stared in awe as they saw Joe DiMaggio in Jerry's coffee shop. (Kramer claimed to have seen him earlier at Dinky Doughnuts, where he'd banged on the table to test DiMaggio's concentration.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcH6stP5zDY&feature=related
Sources:
http://destinyland.net/Joe_DiMaggio_vs_Paul_Simon_and_Garfunkel.htm
http://baseballhall.org/hof/dimaggio-joe
Mickey Mantle, DiMaggio's successor in centerfield at Yankee Stadium, said Joe was "beyond question one of the greatest players of the century”.
On an episode of Seinfeld, the characters stared in awe as they saw Joe DiMaggio in Jerry's coffee shop. (Kramer claimed to have seen him earlier at Dinky Doughnuts, where he'd banged on the table to test DiMaggio's concentration.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcH6stP5zDY&feature=related
Sources:
http://destinyland.net/Joe_DiMaggio_vs_Paul_Simon_and_Garfunkel.htm
http://baseballhall.org/hof/dimaggio-joe
