DATE: 1984 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECTS: Joe Dugan, Bob Meusel ISSUER: The Sporting News PHOTOGRAPHER: Charles Conlon APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4"x5-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused. 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: Joseph Anthony Dugan (Jumping Joe) was born in Mahanoy City, PA and died in 1982 in Norwood, MA. He went to college at College of the Holy Cross. He played major league baseball from 1917 to 1931 as infielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, and the Detroit Tigers, and appeared in the 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927 and 1928 World Series. It was in his first years in baseball that Dugan acquired the nickname of "Jumping", a nickname bestowed on him since he would often take unauthorized leaves from the team. In 1922, Dugan had been traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox. On July 23, 1922 he was sent by the Red Sox to the New York Yankees in a controversial deal. Red Sox owner Harry Frazee had been unloading his Red Sox players almost haphazardly, and Dugan's acquisition by the Yankees helped them edge out the St. Louis Browns in a tight 1922 pennant race. Because Dugan's trade occurred in the latter part of the season, and worried that teams might try to buy their way to a pennant during the season, Major league Baseball would later move up its trading deadline to June 15. Robert William Meusel (Long Bob) was born in 1896 in San Jose, CA and died in 1977 in Downey, CA. He played major league baseball from 1920 to 1930 as outfielder and 3rd baseman for the New York Yankees and a single season with the Cincinnati Reds, and appeared in the 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927 and 1928 World Series. He hit for the cycle three times, a feat accomplished by only one other player previously. His older brother, Emil "Irish" Meusel, was a star outfielder in the National League during the same period. SKU: L13920
Item: L13920
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