DATE: 1950s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Pittsburgh Pirates SUBJECT: Honus Wagner APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4-3/8"x6-3/8" MARKS / STAMPING: Original photo taken of his Hall of Fame plaque. There is not plaque or postcard included with this listing. Just the photograph as shown. 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: John Peter Wagner (The Flying Dutchman) was born in Chartiers, PA and died in 1955 in Carnegie, PA. He played major league baseball from 1897 to 1917 as outfielder and infielder for the Louisville Colonels and the Pittsburgh Pirates, appeared in the 1903 and 1909 World Series, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Wagner was nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage. Wagner served as the Pirates' manager briefly in 1917, but resigned the position after only 5 games. He returned to the Pirates as a coach, most notably as a hitting instructor from 1933 to 1952. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members, receiving the second-highest vote total behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth. Although Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, some contemporaries regarded Wagner as the better all-around player, and most baseball historians consider Wagner to be the greatest shortstop ever. Cobb himself called Wagner "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond." In 1928, Wagner ran for sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania but lost. He was made deputy county sheriff in 1942. He also ran a well-known sporting goods company. SKU: L14530
Item: L14530
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