DATE: 1976 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Montreal Expos SUBJECT: Larry Doby APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5"x7" 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: Lawrence Eugene Doby was born in 1923 in Camden, SC and died in 2003 in Montclair, NJ. He went to college at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. He played major league baseball from 1947 to 1959 as outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, appeared in the 1948 and 1954 World Series, was selected 7 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. Larry Doby was the second African American to play in a major league game in the 20th Century (the first in the American League) and the second African American manager in baseball history. In 1942, Doby played for the Newark Eagles, under the pseudonym of "Larry Walker" to protect his amateur status and played his first pro game at Yankee Stadium. In 1943, he played for the Paterson (NJ) Panthers, becoming the first African American to play in the American Basketball League, a fore-runner to the NBA. Doby was signed by the Cleveland Indians in 1947. He started the American league on the road to integration when he became the first black player to appear in an AL game on July 5, 1947. After retiring from the major leagues, Doby played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan in 1962 where he became the first MLB Hall of Famer to play in both the NPB and Major League Baseball. Doby later went on to serve as a coach for the Montreal Expos from 1971 to 1973 and a member of the Cleveland Indians staff in 1974. He returned to the Expos in 1976 and was a Chicago White Sox coach in 1977 and 1978. He also managed the Sox in the second half of the 1978 campaign. SKU: L14579
Item: L14579
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