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: Detroit Tigers SUBJECTS: Lefty Grove, Harry Heilmann 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: Robert Moses Grove (last name Groves) was born in 1900 in Lonaconing, MD and died in 1975 in Norwalk, OH. He played major league baseball from 1925 to 1941 as pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, appeared in the 1929, 1930 and 1931 World Series, was selected 6 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. In 1999, Grove ranked number 23 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players. He was the second highest-ranked left-handed pitcher, after Warren Spahn. That same year, Grove was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Harry Edwin Heilmann (Slug) was born in 1894 in San Francisco, CA and died in 1951 in Southfield, MI. He played major league baseball from 1914 to 1932 as outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952. In July of 1916, Harry Heilmann became famous throughout Detroit for having saved a drowning woman in the Detroit River. He became the first player to hit a home run in every major league park used during his career. From 1934 to 1950, he worked as a play-by-play announcer during Tigers radio (and later television) broadcasts. During World War II, he traveled overseas as part of a baseball group entertaining troops. In 1999, he ranked Number 54 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. SKU: L13913
Item: L13913
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