This photo appeared in a 1976 issue of National Geographic. The singer/songwriter Lorde happened to be flipping through some old magazines, and came across a photo of "this dude just signing autographs. He was a baseball player, and his shirt said Royals". It was the inspiration for her 2013 Grammy winning song of the year. The image made it onto a baseball card in 2015.
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This photo appeared in a 1976 issue of National Geographic. The singer/songwriter Lorde happened to be flipping through some old magazines, and came across a photo of "this dude just signing autographs. He was a baseball player, and his shirt said Royals". It was the inspiration for her 2013 Grammy winning song of the year. The image made it onto a baseball card in 2015.
Awesome! I've been wanting to add George Brett to the thread.
1956 Aaron really has Willie Mays on it. Remember seeing this in Baseball Cards magazine as a kid and when I received a ‘56 Aaron for Christmas told all my friends about it being Mays.
1956 Aaron really has Willie Mays on it. Remember seeing this in Baseball Cards magazine as a kid and when I received a ‘56 Aaron for Christmas told all my friends about it being Mays.
That is crazy, I was trying to find a Hank Aaron sliding photo to match up to that Hank Aaron card last week, no wonder I couldn't find it! It's Willie Mays! That is crazy.
John Sullivan. He was a bare knuckle boxing champion who once was quoted as saying," I can lick any SOB in the house!" A pioneer of the sport of boxing.
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I'll put these two legends together.
Gale Sayers.
Brian Piccolo.
More Joe Louis. I love this image of him..
Ty Cobb.
Joe DiMaggio.
Muhammad Ali. This was the first card of his to feature the name Muhammad Ali on it, even though they spelled it wrong on the card.
Shoeless Joe Jackson.
George Foreman.
Satchel Paige.
Jordan.
Jack Johnson was a huge beast of a man inside the ring.
Christy Mathewson.
This photo appeared in a 1976 issue of National Geographic. The singer/songwriter Lorde happened to be flipping through some old magazines, and came across a photo of "this dude just signing autographs. He was a baseball player, and his shirt said Royals". It was the inspiration for her 2013 Grammy winning song of the year. The image made it onto a baseball card in 2015.
Awesome! I've been wanting to add George Brett to the thread.
Bo knows baseball.
Bo knows football.
Joe.
Tom Seaver.
Kevin Durant.
1956 Aaron really has Willie Mays on it. Remember seeing this in Baseball Cards magazine as a kid and when I received a ‘56 Aaron for Christmas told all my friends about it being Mays.
That is crazy, I was trying to find a Hank Aaron sliding photo to match up to that Hank Aaron card last week, no wonder I couldn't find it! It's Willie Mays! That is crazy.
Skip Schumaker.
Mike Trout.
Rickey Henderson.
And that's realer than real deal Holyfield.
Whitey Ford.
Jack Dempsey.
Don Larsen.
Lefty Grove.
Larry Legend. 1/1
Jimmy Foxx.
Emmitt Smith. 1/1
Joe Montana. 1/1
Steve Carlton.
Magic.
The admiral.
MJ.
Perhaps the most significant one ... to me anyway!
John Sullivan. He was a bare knuckle boxing champion who once was quoted as saying," I can lick any SOB in the house!" A pioneer of the sport of boxing.
Alex Karras was one of the most feared and ferocious players of his era.
Shaquille O' Neal.
Dizzy Dean.
Chuck Bednarik.
Norm Van Brocklin.
Reggie Miller.
Cassius Clay. This is one of the coolest Clay cards i've seen, and I just had to find the photo. Thanks to ReggieCleveland for the idea.
Yeah. Joe.
Jesse Owens.
Usain Bolt.
Roger Bannister. The first man to break the 4 minute mile.
Rod Carew.