DATE: 1969 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Los Angeles Angels SUBJECT: Bill Rigney APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10" 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: William Joseph Rigney (Specs, The Cricket) was born in 1918 in Alameda, CA and died in 2001 in Walnut Creek, CA. He played major league baseball from 1946 to 1953 as infielder for the New York Giants, appeared in the 1951 World Series, and was selected in 1948 as an All-Star. He was also was a broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, and scouted and was briefly in the front office for the A's. He was managing the Giants by the time he was age 38, and went with them to San Francisco. Later, he managed the expansion Los Angeles Angels for their first nine years. SKU: SPP01384
Item: SPP01384
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