DON HEFFNER SIGNED Postcard GPC (d.1989) Yankees Yankees Browns

TEAM: Yankees Browns

SIGNER: Don Heffner

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3"x5"

MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Don Heffner

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original

COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for conition and signature quality.

BIO: Donald Henry Heffner (Jeep) was born in 1911 in Rouzerville, PA and died in 1989 in Pasadena, CA. He played major league baseball from 1934 to 1944 as infielder for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. After his playing career ended, infielder Don Heffner was a minor league manager, a longtime big league coach and briefly managed in the majors. In 1949, Heffner left the Elmira club to return home to be with his daughter. Virginia Heffner was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away September 11. He was a Kansas City Athletics coach from 1958 to 1960 and a member of the Detroit Tigers staff in 1961. In 1964 and 1965, he was a New York Mets coach. He managed the Cincinnati Reds for the first half of the 1966 season and was a member of the California Angels staff in 1967 and 1968.

SKU: CL02449

Item: CL02449