DATE: 1937 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECT: Jack Russell 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 Jack Russell, pictured in his Detroit Tigers uniform circa 1937. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1937, 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: Jack Erwin Russell was born in 1905 in Paris, TX and died in 1990 in Clearwater, FL. He played major league baseball from 1926 to 1940 as pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, appeared in the 1933 and 1938 World Series, and was selected in 1934 as an All-Star. Russell was the first relief pitcher to be named to an All-Star Team, when he was chosen to represent the Washington Senators in 1934. After a fifteen-year major league career, Jack Russell settled in Clearwater, FL and became instrumental in the fund-raising to build the stadium which served as the spring training home for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1955 to 2003, when the Phillies moved their spring training camp to the new Bright House Networks Field, also in Clearwater. The stadium was named Jack Russell Memorial Stadium. SKU: GB12831
Item: GB12831
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