| DATE SHOT: 1943 PRINT DATE: 1980s SUBJECT: Spud Chandler APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/4" MARKS / STAMPING: Note that the "photo" offered is a photocopied image from an unidentified publication which was then hand-signed by Chandler with a black ball point pen. The signature is authentic and hand-signed. ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Signature is original, Photo is Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period SIGNER: Spud Chandler COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for signature quality and photo condition. BIO: Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler was born in Commerce, GA and died in 1990 in S.Pasadena, FL. He went to college at University of Georgia. He played major league baseball from 1937 to 1947 as pitcher for the New York Yankees, appeared in 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1947 World Series, and was selected 4 times as an All-Star. Chandler attended the University of Georgia, near his birthplace and hometown of Royston, Georgia, and played football as a halfback, throwing a touchdown pass to help defeat Yale in a 1929 game dedicating a new stadium; he also pitched for the baseball team and competed on the track team. He was a brother of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and graduated with a degree in agriculture. After his Major League playing career, he managed in the minor leagues, became pitching coach with the Kansas City Athletics in 1957-58, and scouted for several teams before retiring in 1984. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1969 and into the Franklin County Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. SKU: L00067
Item: L00067
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