DATE: 4-21-1966 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Chicago Cubs SUBJECTS: George Altman, Byron Browne PHOTOGRAPHER: Joe Kordick APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10-1/8"x8" MARKS / STAMPING: Original paper caption remains affixed to the verso. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 2 COMMENTS / CONDITION: 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: George Lee Altman (Big George) was born in 1933 in Goldsboro, NC and died in 2025 in O'Fallon, MO. He went to college at Tennessee State University. He played major league baseball from 1959 to 1967 as outfielder for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, and was selected twice as an All-Star. He moved on to Japan in 1968, playing as a very popular player for the Orions through 1974 and for the Tigers in 1975. Byron Ellis Browne was born in 1942 in St. Joseph, MO and went to college at the University of Missouri and Missouri Western State College. He played major league baseball from 1965 to 1972 as outfielder for the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies. He is the father of actor and former minor leaguer Byron Browne, Jr. SKU: L15195
Item: L15195
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