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Catfish Hunter Hertford North Carolina

DoctorKDoctorK Posts: 867 ✭✭✭
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Happened to be in Catfish's hometown last weekend and stumbled upon this.

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    IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭✭
    great pitcher; gone too soon!

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    TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    Seeing a headstone like that and guys like McGwire and Bonds want people to think entry into the Hall means nothing to them?! Yeah right.
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    DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,422 ✭


    << <i>great pitcher; gone too soon! >>



    So true. But that is a fittingly great monument!
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    MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭
    "Happened to be in Catfish's hometown last weekend and stumbled upon this."
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    As a fellow North Carolinian, it's nice to see this fitting
    headstone for "Catfish". Too bad the stone on the left
    doesn't say Hurtle instead of Hurdle. It would somehow
    be fitting.

    Hard to imagine that anyone just "happens" to find
    their way to Hertford, North Carolina though. Not
    exactly a metropolis. Some of his cards may sell for
    more dollars than there are people in Hertford.

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    John


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    PiggsPiggs Posts: 1,934 ✭✭✭✭
    Great monument for him. Sad that he is gone.
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    gemintgemint Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice monument. I got to meet Catfish at a card show a few years before he was diagnosed. He was real friendly and down to earth. Even though we didn't buy autograph tickets, he stood and talked to my buddy and I for about half an hour. He told various stories like about how his foot got shot in a hunting accident.
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    DoctorKDoctorK Posts: 867 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"Happened to be in Catfish's hometown last weekend and stumbled upon this."
    -----
    As a fellow North Carolinian, it's nice to see this fitting
    headstone for "Catfish". Too bad the stone on the left
    doesn't say Hurtle instead of Hurdle. It would somehow
    be fitting.

    Hard to imagine that anyone just "happens" to find
    their way to Hertford, North Carolina though. Not
    exactly a metropolis. Some of his cards may sell for
    more dollars than there are people in Hertford.

    image

    John >>



    I typically bypass the town completely on my travels but decided to ride through there last time through. All of 8 minutes later, I had made a complete circle of the town and was back on 17 heading East.
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    markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Seeing a headstone like that and guys like McGwire and Bonds want people to think entry into the Hall means nothing to them?! Yeah right. >>





    What does the monument have to do with Bonds and McGwire?
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    GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,523 ✭✭✭✭
    They'll never be able to write "Hall of Fame" on anything, from pictures and balls to their headstones.

    Nor should they.

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    PlanemonkeyPlanemonkey Posts: 543 ✭✭


    << <i>Probably my favorite player of all time. >>


    +1
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    DoctorKDoctorK Posts: 867 ✭✭✭
    So, I am out on my travels yesterday and ended up in and around Hertford, North Carolina again. I am always scouring the planet for unique and interesting items that I may sell or retain for my personal collection. I love yearbooks, however, I typically do not keep any as they are a bit heavy and occupy valuable shelf space. Anyway, I picked up four yearbooks form Perquimans County High School at fair price and continued my search. When I returned home in the evening, I began to check the books for missing pages, cut out pictures, etc. I start thinking about the dates of the books (1961-1964) and something occurs to me. I always associate Hertford, North Carolina with Catfish Hunter and knew his rookie card was in 1965. I start turning the pages to see if Catfish was listed in them. Lo and behold, Jimmy Hunter as a Freshman in High School caught my eye in the 1961 book followed by more sightings in the remainder. Plenty of signatures in each of these books but none were Catfish. I found this pretty neat and thought I would share.

    9th Grade
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    10th Grade
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    11th Grade
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    12th Grade
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    dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    Cool stuff!
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    CSUrunandstunCSUrunandstun Posts: 573 ✭✭✭
    I wonder if the girl next to Hunter is still next to him in the cemetary...
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    LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I wonder if the girl next to Hunter is still next to him in the cemetary... >>


    Quite an astute observation!

    Very cool Catfish items image
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanx for sharing.

    Nice to see the yearbooks.

    1978 comes to mind - Yanks - great team - it conjures up memories of a book I read by Lyle - Bronx Zoo.
    Mike
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    DoctorKDoctorK Posts: 867 ✭✭✭
    Thanks. I was surprised to find him in there and searched several times to see if he signed anywhere. The previous owner of the yearbooks was a grade behind Catfish.
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    Thanks for sharing.

    WOW, I never knew CATFISH played on the same team as BOOGIE! image

    Agreed ... nice observation regarding the cemetery.
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