DATE: 1934-37 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECT: Vic Sorrell 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 Vic Sorrell, pictured in his Detroit Tigers uniform circa 1934-37. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1934-37, 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: Victor Garland Sorrell was born in Morrisville, NC and died in 1972 in Raleigh, NC. He went to college at Wake Forest University. He played major league baseball from 1928 to 1937 as pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Sorrell was the subject of an eligibility controversy at Wake Forest in 1925. In April 1925, in a game attended by 8,000 fans (a record for a baseball game in North Carolina), North Carolina State College challenged Sorrell's eligibility, claiming he had played in an excessive number of games per week in semi-pro baseball the previous summer. Following the challenge, Sorrell went on to pitch a 12-inning victory over State College. After the eligibility controversy at Wake Forest, Sorrell jumped from Wake Forest to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League and posted a 8-0, 3.08 record in 1926. In 1928, Sorrell joined the Tigers and played there for ten years. He was one of the first major league pitchers to wear glasses. After leaving Major League Baseball, Sorrell managed Bluefield (Mountain State) in 1939-40. For 21 years (1946-66) he was head coach at North Carolina State with a 223-196, and 5 ties. His 21 year tenure as head coach is tied by Sam Esposito for the longest baseball coaching career at NCSU. Sorrell was posthumously elected to the Wake Forest University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003. SKU: GB12838
Item: GB12838
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