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Rube Foster
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(b. September 17, 1879 - d. December 9, 1930)
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| As a star pitcher for a number of early black teams,
and later as the first president of the Negro National
League, Rube Foster earned his title of "Father of
Black Baseball." Foster's efforts in organizing the
NNl gave black baseball needed stability. He in effect
saved the Negro League and made it a popular game. |
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Inducted in 1981
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1981 Perez-Steele
Rube Foster #174 PSA 10 GEM MT
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| Comments: I purchased
my first Perez-Steele Hulbert postcard on eBay in December, 2004
(along with a Rube Foster, Larry MacPhail, Frank Selee, Bill Veeck,
Lee MacPhail, Tom Yawkey, and Bill Foster) from seller 2551. The
card was submitted to PSA and graded MINT 9 in October, 2005. In
November, 2011 a bunch of PSA 10 Perez-Steeles popped up on the
bay from seller 4 Sharp Corners as Buy It Nows. I won this GEM MT
Hulbert along with Pud Galvin, Rube Foster, Willie Wells, Joe Rogan,
and Joe Williams. |
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| Card Details Below: |
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1981 |
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Perez-Steele |
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United States |
| Description: |
In 1980, Perez-Steele Galleries of Ft. Washington,
Pa., produced the first in a series of limited-edition (10,000 each)
postcards devoted to members of the Hall of Fame. The company updates
its series regularly to add new inductees. The 3-1/2" X 5-1/2" cards
feature color portrait and smaller sepia action watercolor paintings
by Dick Perez. Decorative postcard backs have a few words about
the player, card and series number and individual set number from
within the edition of 10,000. Cards were sold in series only, in
a color-coded box which includes a checklist. |
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