Passings: Inventor of the Dodger Dog
From the Associated Press, June 27, 2006:
Thomas Gregory Arthur, inventor of the Dodger Dog - now a fixture at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, died on June 8 at the age of 84.
As Dodger Stadium concessionaire, Arthur created a knockoff of the footlong Nathan's Famous hot dog came up shortat 10 incheds, but nonethless became a ballpark favorite.
A former New Yorker, Arthur borrowed the idea of a footlong hot dog from Nathan's when the Dodgers moved to Dodger Stadium from the L.A. Coliseum in 1962.
"He called it the footlong, but it was actually only 10 inches", his son said."It was before truth in advertising, but he decided to call them Dodger Dogs".
Until 1991, Arthur Food Services was the concessionaire at Dodger Stadium. Along with beer, popcorn and Cracker Jacks, about 50,000 Dodger Dogs were sold each game.
Thomas Gregory Arthur, inventor of the Dodger Dog - now a fixture at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, died on June 8 at the age of 84.
As Dodger Stadium concessionaire, Arthur created a knockoff of the footlong Nathan's Famous hot dog came up shortat 10 incheds, but nonethless became a ballpark favorite.
A former New Yorker, Arthur borrowed the idea of a footlong hot dog from Nathan's when the Dodgers moved to Dodger Stadium from the L.A. Coliseum in 1962.
"He called it the footlong, but it was actually only 10 inches", his son said."It was before truth in advertising, but he decided to call them Dodger Dogs".
Until 1991, Arthur Food Services was the concessionaire at Dodger Stadium. Along with beer, popcorn and Cracker Jacks, about 50,000 Dodger Dogs were sold each game.
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