DATE: 1930s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECT: Bill Dickey APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4"x5" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Comes from a small collection of Yankees spring training photos with shots appearing to have been taken over the course of several different seasons. The prints themselves were stated to have been produced in the 1940's or 1950's, and many have a stamped number on back (to what purpose, I do not know) along with pencilled notation of the photo's subject. All are in very nice shape, but please see scans for further details including 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: William Malcolm Dickey was born in 1907 in Bastrop, LA and died in 1993 in Little Rock, AR. He played major league baseball from 1928 to 1946 as catcher for the New York Yankees, appeared in 7 World Series, was selected 11 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. In 1942, while still an active player, Dickey appeared as himself in the film The Pride of the Yankees, which starred Gary Cooper as the late Yankee captain and first baseman Lou Gehrig. Late in the movie, when Gehrig was fading due to the disease that would eventually take his life, a younger Yankee grumbled, in the locker room, "the old man on first needs crutches to get around!"--and Dickey, following the script, belted the younger player, after which he said the kid "talked out of turn." In 1949, Dickey returned to the Yankees as a coach, as first base coach and as catching instructor, to aid Yogi Berra in playing the position. In his trademark fractured English, Berra said, "Bill Dickey is learning me all of his experiences." In 1972, when Berra was elected to the Hall of Fame, the Yankees retired uniform number 8 for both men. He was the brother of George Dickey. SKU: X11263
Item: X11263
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