DATE: 1959 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Chicago Cubs SUBJECTS: Tony Taylor, Johnny Logan, Lee Walls, Casey Wise, Bobby Thomson APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10-1/8"x8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 3 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: Antonio Nemesio (Sanchez) Taylor was born in 1935 in Central Alava, Cuba and died in 2020 in Hialeah, FL. He played major league baseball from 1958 to 1976 as infielder for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers, and was selected in 1960 as an All-Star. He worked for the Phillies as a minor league manager during the 1980s, managing the Spartanburg Traders and later the Oklahoma City 89ers in 1982, the Peninsula Pilots in 1983, the Reading Phillies in 1985, and the Utica Blue Sox in 1986 and 1987. He was a major league coach for the Phillies from 1977 to 1979 and again in 1988 and 1989. He was later a major league coach for the Florida Marlins from 1999 to 2004. John (Jr.) Logan (Yachta) was born in 1927 in Endicott, NY and died in 2013 in Milwaukee, WI. He played major league baseball from 1951 to 1963 as shortstop for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates, appeared in the 1957 and 1958 World Series, and was selected 4 times as an All-Star. After his playing days, Logan remained in Milwaukee and spent time as a broadcaster, ran for sheriff and was engaged in a variety of other endeavors in and out of baseball. He has scouted for the Brewers, primarily in the state of Wisconsin. He was one of the founders and president of the Milwaukee Braves Historical Association. Raymond Lee (Jr.) Walls was born in 1933 in San Diego, CA and died in 1993 in Los Angeles, CA. He played major league baseball from 1952 to 1964 as outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and was selected in 1958 as an All-Star. During the 1955-56 off-season he worked as the maitre-d' in a restaurant in Palm Springs, CA. After his playing career ended, Walls was a coach for the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. Kendall Cole Wise was born in 1932 in Lafayette, IN and died in 2007 in Naples, FL. He went to college at the University of Florida. He played major league baseball from 1957 to 1960 as infielder for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves and the Detroit Tigers, and appeared in the 1958 World Series. After his baseball career ended, he went to dentistry school at the University of Tennessee and was a practicing orthodontist in Naples, Florida, for more than twenty years. He died at age 74 after heart surgery. Wise's father Hughie Wise also played in the majors, and his brother Hugh Wise Jr. played in the minors. Robert Brown Thomson (Flying Scot, The Staten Island Scot) was born in 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland and died in 2010 in Savannah, GA. He played major league baseball from 1946 to 1960 as outfielder for the New York Giants, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and the Baltimore Orioles, appeared in the 1951 World Series, and was selected in 1948, 1949 and 1952 as an All-Star. In 2004, he was inducted into The Scottish Sports Hall Of Fame in recognition of his accomplishments. SKU: L15181
Item: L15181
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