DATE: 1939-40 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Cleveland Indians SUBJECT: Bill Zuber PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten identification of photo's subject. Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Bill Zuber, pictured in his Cleveland Indians uniform circa 1939-40. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1939-40, but this card was produced some time later (no earlier than the 1950's judging by the standard Kodak back). Comes from a large collection of such postcards that we will be listing over the coming months, all having standard postcard backs but being postally unused. 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 item being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: William Henry Zuber (Goober) was born in 1913 in Middle Amana, IA and died in 1982 in Cedar Rapids, IA. He played major league baseball from 1936 to 1947 as pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, and appeared in the 1946 World Series. Zuber is widely credited as the first Amish baseball player, but he wasn't actually Amish. He was actually a member of the Amana Church Society, a group that spoke German, relied upon farming, and eschewed modern inventions like cars. Zuber had bona fide conscientious objector status during World War II, which is how he spent the bulk of his career pitching for Washington Senators and the New York Yankees in the early 1940s. He also owned "Bill Zuber's Major League Restaurant" in the Amana Colonies in Iowa. SKU: GB12409
Item: GB12409
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