WALKER COOPER A GOBThe catching half of the St. Louis Cardinals' famed battery of the Cooper brothers was inducted into the Navy this morning at Jefferson Barracks. Walker Cooper shows here how he will look in the Navy's cap and tie as he awaited assignment in the Navy recruiting offices.
DATE: 1945
ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot
TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals
SUBJECT: Walker Cooper
ISSUER: Associated Press
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8-1/8"x11-3/4"
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: William Walker Cooper (Walk) was born in 1915 in Atherton, MO and died in 1991 in Scottsdale, AZ. He played major league baseball from 1940 to 1957 as catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, appeared in the 1942, 1943 and 1944 World Series, and was selected 8 times as an All-Star. After his daughter, Sara (Miss Missouri 1957), married Cardinals second baseman Don Blasingame, he noted, "It's time to quit when you've got a daughter old enough to marry a teammate." He managed the Indianapolis Indians (1958-59) and Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers (1961) of the Triple-A American Association and was a coach for the Kansas City Athletics (1960) before leaving the game.
SKU: L20289
Item: L20289