DATE: 1941 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECTS: Earl Averill Sr, Walter Briggs Jr ISSUER: Detroit News PHOTOGRAPHER: Stroecker APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10"x8-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Howard Earl Averill (Rock or Earl of Snohomish) was born in 1902 in Snohomish, WA and died in 1983 in Everett, WA. He played major league baseball from 1929 to 1941 as outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and the Boston Braves, appeared in the 1940 World Series, was selected 6 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975. He's famous for hitting the line drive that broke Dizzy Dean's toe in the 1937 All-Star Game. After his career, he was very outspoken on being elected to the Hall of Fame. While he didn't campaign for induction, he did make the statement that if he was ever to be inducted, he didn't want it to be posthumously, and if that was the case, he wanted his family to decline the honor. He was inducted in 1975, 8 years before his passing, so he got his wish. His son, Earl Jr., also played in the majors from 1956 through 1963. SKU: X03263
Item: X03263
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