Sixty-one years ago today, the New York Yankees returned to the World Series throne, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3, in Game 5 of the two teams’ best of seven championship series at the Yankee Stadium.

October 8, 1956, was the day, too, the Dodgers played carrying the Brooklyn colors for the last time before transferring to Los Angeles.

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