DATE: 1935 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Brooklyn Dodgers SUBJECT: Frenchy Bordagaray 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 Frenchy Bordagaray, pictured in his Brooklyn Dodgers uniform circa 1935. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1935, 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: Stanley George Bordagaray was born in Coalinga, CA and died in 200 in Ventura, CA. He went to college at California State University, Fresno. He played major league baseball from to 945 as 3rd baseman and outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and the New York Yankees, and appeared in the 939 and 94 World Series. Bordagaray sported a mustache--common among 9th century ballplayers and also in later decades of the 20th century, but almost unheard of during his era. He also authored a famous baseball quote. Upon being suspended for several games due to spitting at an umpire, and being asked by a reporter about the length of the suspension, Bordagaray puckishly answered, "It was more than I expectorated." After his baseball career, Bordagaray owned restaurants and clubs in St. Louis and Kansas City and developed land as cemeteries in the Midwest. In 96 he moved to Ventura, California, where he was supervisor of youth sports and recreation programs. SKU: GB10581
Item: GB10581
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