DATE: 1960-61 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot TITLE: Cleveland Indians SUBJECT: APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10" COMMENTS / CONDITION: See scans for further details including condition. BIO: John Ellis Temple was born in 1927 in Lexington, NC and died in 1994 in Anderson, SC. He went to college at Catawba College. He played major league baseball from 1952 to 1964 as infielder for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles and the Houston Colt .45's, and was selected 4 times as an All-Star. On June 19, 1964 he was signed as a Free Agent with Cincinnati as a player-coach but was released by the Reds where he played his final MLB game on July 8, 1964 at age 34, ending his baseball playing career. He then turned to broadcasating for the Reds and Houston Astros, ending his baseball career. After being dismissed by the Reds, Temple engaged in a knock-down-drag-out brawl with fellow coach Reggie Otero. Temple later told reporters, "Twelve years ago I walked into Crosley Field a top-notch professional ballplayer. I'm going out like a bum - beat up, nothing to do and nowhere to go. I'm through in the game." His troubles, however were just beginning. Temple lost a sizable fortune in bad investments and tax liens, struggled with alcoholism, and was fired from a state job for filing improper expense vouchers. In November 1977 he was arrested in connection with the theft of heavy equipment and charged with grand larceny. SKU: GPV2235
Item: GPV2235
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