DATE OF IMAGE: 1956 PRINT DATE: 1980s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period TEAM: Chicago Cubs SUBJECT: Don Hoak APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4-1/8"x5-1/4" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Comes from the archives of either The Sporting News or Sport Magazine. 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: Donald Albert Hoak (Tiger) was born in 1928 in Roulette, PA and died in 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA. He played major league baseball from 1954 to 1964 as 3rd baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies, appeared in the 1955 and 1950 World Series, and was selected in 1957 as an All-Star. Following his playing career he tried broadcasting Pirate games on radio and televison (1965-1966) and then coached for the Phillies (1967) before managing minor league baseball. He died at age 41 from a heart attack while at the wheel of his car, chasing his brother-in-law's stolen car. SKU: L04436
Item: L04436
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