DATE: 1950s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Brooklyn Dodgers SUBJECTS: Chuck Dressen, Wife APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5"x7-1/4" enclosed in a 7"x8-1/2" holder, 9"x6-3/4" doubleweight, and 8-1/8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: First photo is approx. 5"x 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: Charles Walter Dressen was born in 1898 in Decatur, IL and died in 1966 in Detroit, MI. He played major league baseball from 1925 to 1933 as infielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants. Dressen played as a quarterback for George Halas in the American Professional Football Association, prior to its name-change to the NFL, and then played a couple more seasons in the NFL. Dressen managed the 1934-37 Cincinnati Reds, 1951-53 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955-57 Washington Senators, 1960-61 Milwaukee Braves and the 1963-66 Detroit Tigers. He was a Brooklyn Dodgers coach from 1939 to 1946 and a member of the New York Yankees staff in 1947 and 1948. SKU: XP13253
Item: XP13253
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