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Who is this 1949 Philadelphia Phillies autograph?

thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
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I have this signed page of 1949 Philadelphia Phillies, but it has one signature I'm not familiar with. From top to bottom, it's Richie Ashburn, Lynwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Ken Trinkle, ????????, Willie "Puddin' Head" Jones

Anyone know who the ???????? is?

Thanks,

Mike

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  • lamontcarterlamontcarter Posts: 748 ✭✭✭
    Hi Mike

    It looks like he might have been the "trainer"?

    Just a guess.

    Best,

    Scott
  • lamontcarterlamontcarter Posts: 748 ✭✭✭
    I think I found it:

    Frank J. Wiechec, 82, Phila. Teams' Trainer
    November 30, 1992|By Susan Caba, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

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    Frank J. Wiechec, 82, a former trainer for the Phillies, the Eagles and the short-lived Philadelphia Blazers, died Saturday at a retirement home in Wapwallopen, Pa.

    Mr. Wiechec was a native of Philadelphia.

    At Temple University, he starred on the track and field and swimming teams. He earned his degree in physical therapy at Temple, then went on to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. There, working with Dr. Frank Krusen, Mr. Wiechec started a physical therapy department. Among his patients were a son of President Franklin Roosevelt and baseball greats Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This eBay auction shows the 1949 Phillies trainer as Frank Wiechek.

    Good call lamontcarter. image
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  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    Thanks guys! I appreciate the help. I think you nailed it!

    Mike
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Jamie Moyer >>



    I laughed
  • AUPTAUPT Posts: 806 ✭✭✭
    . . . and he has a baseball card!

    He's included in the 1955 Felin's Franks Phillies issue. Although there is some reasonable speculation that those cards were never actually issued in packages of hot dogs.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭


    << <i>. . . and he has a baseball card!

    He's included in the 1955 Felin's Franks Phillies issue. Although there is some reasonable speculation that those cards were never actually issued in packages of hot dogs. >>



    Any chance you have a scan of that one, Bob? I've seen it on the checklist, but have never even seen a scan of the actual card.
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


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    << <i>Jamie Moyer >>



    I laughed >>



    i smirggled.
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