JOE GORDON Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938-46 New York Yankees George Burke

DATE: 1938-46

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period

TEAM: New York Yankees

SUBJECT: Joe Gordon

PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2"

MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten identification of photo's subject. Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused.

NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1

COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Joe Gordon, pictured in his New York Yankees uniform circa 1938-46. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1938-46, but this card was produced some time later (no earlier than the 1950's judging by the standard Kodak back). Comes from a large collection of such postcards that we will be listing over the coming months, all having standard postcard backs but being postally unused. 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 item being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends.

BIO: Joseph Lowell Gordon (Flash) was born in Los Angeles, CA and died in 978 in Sacramento, CA. He played major league baseball from 938 to 950 as 2nd baseman for the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, appeared in the 938, 939, 94, 942, 943 and 948 World Series, was selected 9 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. He was the outstanding player at his position during the 940s, winning the 942 American League MVP Award. After his playing career ended, he became a player-manager with the Pacific Coast League's Sacramento Solons in 95-52, and then a scout with the Tigers from 953-956. After returning to the PCL to manage the 957 San Francisco Seals, winning a pennant, he went on to become a major league manager for four different teams. He began with the Indians, but had difficult relations with general manager Frank Lane, who publicly questioned his decisions; after he announced late in 959, with Cleveland in second place, that he would not return the next season, Lane fired him four days later but recanted and apologized after negotiations with Leo Durocher broke down, and Gordon was rehired. But in the middle of the 960 season, he was involved in what is believed to be the only trade between managers, when the Indians traded him to the Tigers for their skipper Jimmy Dykes; he finished the season, but signed with the Kansas City Athletics for 96. Owner Charlie Finley fired him mid-year, and Gordon became a scout and minor league instructor for the Los Angeles & California Angels from 96 to 968. He then had the distinction of managing his second team in Kansas City, the expansion Royals in 969. Gordon later went into real estate.

SKU: GB10922

Item: GB10922

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JOE GORDON Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938-46 New York Yankees George BurkeJOE GORDON Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938-46 New York Yankees George BurkeJOE GORDON Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938-46 New York Yankees George Burke
JOE GORDON Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1938-46 New York Yankees George Burke
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