Duke Snider, the longtime center fielder for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1980, died on Sunday morning following an undisclosed illness, both the Dodgers and the Baseball Hall of Fame have announced. He was 84. Snider was the Dodgers' primary center fielder from 1947-62 and generally is considered one of the greatest among a long line of superb players who have worn the Dodgers uniform during the franchise's long, storied history, as reported by ESPN.com.