1954 YASUYA HONDO Mainishi Orions Nippon Japanese Major League Original Photo

DATE SHOT: 1954

SUBJECT: Yasuya Hondo

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5"x7-1/2"

MARKS / STAMPING: Player identification label. Sporting News Collection holofoil sticker affixed to verso.

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot

COMMENTS / CONDITION: See scans for further details including condition.

BIO: Yasuya Hondo was born in 1918 in Yao, Osaka, Japan and died in 1997. He played major league baseball from 1937 to 1957 as 1st and 2nd baseman and outfielder for the Osaka Tigers, Hanshin, Taiyo Robins, and the Mainichi Orions/Dragons.

SKU: L13656

Item: L13656