SPUD CHANDLER Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938 New York Yankees George Burke

DATE: 1938

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period

TEAM: New York Yankees

SUBJECT: Spud Chandler

PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2"

MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten identification of photo's subject. Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused.

NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1

COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Spud Chandler, pictured in his New York Yankees uniform circa 1938. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1938, but this card was produced some time later (no earlier than the 1950's judging by the standard Kodak back). Comes from a large collection of such postcards that we will be listing over the coming months, all having standard postcard backs but being postally unused. 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 item being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends.

BIO: Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler was born in Commerce, GA and died in 990 in S.Pasadena, FL. He went to college at University of Georgia. He played major league baseball from 937 to 947 as pitcher for the New York Yankees, appeared in 94, 942, 943, and 947 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 929 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 957-58, and scouted for several teams before retiring in 984. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 969 and into the Franklin County Sports Hall of Fame in 997.

SKU: GB11056

Item: GB11056

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SPUD CHANDLER Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938 New York Yankees George BurkeSPUD CHANDLER Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938 New York Yankees George BurkeSPUD CHANDLER Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938 New York Yankees George Burke
SPUD CHANDLER Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938 New York Yankees George Burke
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