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Cito Gaston
Cito Gaston was the first African American manger to win the World Series. He managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 1989 to 1997, and again from 2008 to 2010. During that time the Blue Jays advanced to four Division Titles, two American League Pennants, and played in two World Series.
Clarence Edwin Gaston, was born in 1944 on March 17th.
Gaston was raised in San Antonio and Corpus Christi, Texas. At an early age Gaston knew he wanted to be a Major Leaguer or a truck driver like his father.
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Religion was a big part of the Gaston family's life. His grandfather was a Baptist minister and the Gastons often attended church twice on Sundays. Cito Gaston is often remebered as a backyard preacher, the kid who always took the pulpit when the neighborhood children would gather to play church.
He attended Wheatley High School in San Antonio for a year, then went to both Holy Cross High in San Antonio and Solomon-Coles High in Corpus Christi.
Gaston adopted his nickname 'C