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George Wright
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(b. January 28, 1847 - d. August 21, 1937)
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| The star shortstop of the original Cincinnati Red Stockings team that went undefeated for the entire 1869 season, George Wright played through 1882. He then started a successful sporting goods firm and helped start the Union Association in 1884. Later in life he served on baseball's Centennial Commission, and was instrumental in the creation of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Inducted in 1937
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1950 Callahan
George Wright PSA 9 MINT
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| Comments: I first picked
up a PSA 6 '50 Callahan on in March, 2003 (along with a Radbourne
PSA 7, a raw Cummings, and a raw Delahanty) from Robert Wyrick.
I upgraded to this PSA 9 (along with a Bulkeley PSA 9) in November,
2004 after winning an eBay auction from Poway Sportscards (cardmrchnt6ta4).
I've searched for an issue contemporary to Wrights career but the
only items available are 19th century photographs or woodcuts. In
2007, I was browsing the Robert Edwards auction offering and found
the perfect portrait - a
circa 1875 CDV Kurtz Studios cabinet card. I tried to win but
came up short. The final hammer price was $6462.50. |
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| Card Details Below: |
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1950 |
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Callahan |
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United States |
| Description: |
These cards which feature artist Mario DeMarco's drawings
of Hall of Famers, were produced from 1950 through 1956 and sold
by the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and at major league
ballparks. The cards measure 1-3/4" X 2-1/2" and include a detailed
player biography on the back. When introduced in 1950 the set included
all members of the Hall of Fame up to that time, and then new cards
were added each year as more players were elected. Therefore, cards
of players appearing in all previous editions are more common than
those players who appeared in just one or two years. When the set
was discontinued in 1956 it consisted of 82 cards, which is now
a complete set. B.E. Callahan of Chicago, the publisher of "Who's
Who in Baseball," produced the card set. |
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Example 1950 Callahan Box
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Example 1950 Callahan Box
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