Mike Gazella was one of the least-known players on perhaps the most famous team of all time, the 1927 New York Yankees. He played 54 games at third base and shortstop, hitting .278. His major league career was all with the Yankees, in 1923 and 1926-28.
He did not appear in the 1927 World Series, but was in the 1926 World Series for one game without an at-bat.
Gazella is described as a hard-nosed, scrappy guy who once told off the whole Yankee team when he felt they weren't playing up to their ability.
He was both a football and a baseball star at Lafayette College, where he attended from 1920-23.
He played with Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association in 1923.
Gazella scouted for the Yankees in the late 1940s
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