DATE OF IMAGE: 1935 PRINT DATE: 1963 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period TEAM: Detroit Tigers SUBJECTS: Mickey Cochrane, Chuck Dressen APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8-1/8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: Note the application of editor's paint/mark-ups on the face of this photo. 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: Gordon Stanley Cochrane (Black Mike) was born in Bridgewater, MA and died in 1962 in Lake Forest, IL. He went to college at Boston University. He played major league baseball from 1925 to 1937 as catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, appeared in 5 World Series, was selected twice as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. He was also known as "Black Mike", because of his dark moods and bad temper. Cochrane and teammate Lefty Grove were known to tear up locker rooms after difficult losses. Cochrane was a close friend of fellow baseball legend Ty Cobb. Cobb was a good friend to him, helping Cochrane out financially, at the end of his life. Mickey Cochrane (along with Ray Schalk and Nap Rucker) was one of the few ballplayers to attend Cobb's funeral. Cochrane's playing career came to a sudden end on May 25, 1937 when he was hit in the head by a pitch by Yankees pitcher Bump Hadley. Hospitalized for seven days, the injury nearly killed him. Ordered by doctors not to play baseball again (he was just 34 years old), Cochrane returned to the dugout but had lost his competitive fire. He managed for the remainder of the 1937 season and was replaced midway through the 1938 season. Despite his head injury, Cochrane served in the United States Navy during World War II, as did Bill Dickey of the Yankees, giving the Navy the two greatest catchers baseball had yet seen. In 1999, he ranked number 65 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Charles Walter Dressen was born in 1898 in Decatur, IL and died in 1966 in Detroit, MI. He played major league baseball from 1925 to 1933 as infielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants. Dressen played as a quarterback for George Halas in the American Professional Football Association, prior to its name-change to the NFL, and then played a couple more seasons in the NFL. Dressen managed the 1934-37 Cincinnati Reds, 1951-53 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955-57 Washington Senators, 1960-61 Milwaukee Braves and the 1963-66 Detroit Tigers. He was a Brooklyn Dodgers coach from 1939 to 1946 and a member of the New York Yankees staff in 1947 and 1948. SKU: X03325
Item: X03325
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