DATE: 1950-53 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: New York Giants SUBJECT: Tookie Gilbert APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Harold Joseph Gilbert was born in 1929 in New Orleans, LA and died in 1967 in New Orleans, LA of an apparent heart attack while at the wheel of his car at the age of 38. He played major league baseball from 1950 to 1953 as 1st baseman for the New York Giants. He was the son of former major league outfielder and longtime minor league manager Larry Gilbert, and the brother of Charlie Gilbert. Gilbert was a formidable slugger during his minor league career in the Class AA Southern Association, where he played for the Nashville Vols, and led the American Association in homers with 29 in 1951 while a member of the Minneapolis Millers. After his retirement from baseball, Gilbert was elected civil sheriff of Orleans Parish, Louisiana in 1962. SKU: L15154
Item: L15154
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