DATE: 1951 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: New York Giants SUBJECTS: Al Dark, Clyde McCullough ISSUER: Associated Press APPROXIMATE SIZE: 9"x7-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a number of photos to be offered which hail from the personal collection of All-Star player and manager Eddie Stanky. 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: Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie, The Swamp Fox) was born in 1922 in Comanche, OK and died in 2014 in Easley, SC. He went to college at Louisiana State University. He played major league baseball from 1946 to 1960 as infielder for the Boston Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and the Milwaukee Braves, appeared in the 1948, 1951 and 1954 World Series, and was selected 3 times as an All-Star. He was the 1948 Rookie of the Year with the Boston Braves. After his playing career ended, he took over as manager of the San Francisco Giants in 1961 and led the team to the 1962 World Series. That was where he earned his nickname Swamp Fox, when he tried flooding the basepaths at Candlestick Park in order to impede the fast baserunners of the Los Angeles Dodgers. After four years at the helm of the Giants, he was a Chicago Cubs coach in 1965. The next season, he took over as skipper of the Kansas City Athletics, a position he held for almost two seasons. In 1968, Dark became manager of the Cleveland Indians, and the next season he was given the title of the team's General Manager as well. He was fired from both posts in 1971. In 1974, he was named manager of the Oakland Athletics, replacing Dick Williams who had quit in disgust over owner Charles Finley's shenanigans after winning the 1973 World Series. Dark took the club back to the World Series in his first year with them, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games. He remained with the A's through 1975, winning a second division title that year. Dark began the 1977 season as part of the Cubs coaching staff and ended the year as the San Diego Padres manager. He later worked in the Chicago White Sox front office in the mid-1980s. Clyde Edward McCullough was born in Nashville, TN and died in 1982 in San Francisco, CA. He played major league baseball from 1940 to 1956 as catcher for the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, appeared in the 1945 World Series, and was selected twice as an All-Star. Originally a member of the New York Yankees farm system, he never played for the Bombers; instead, he was sold to the Chicago Cubs in September 1939 after toiling for the Yanks' Kansas City Blues farm club. SKU: XP12997
Item: XP12997
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