D) Dave Pope Homestead Grays Indians Negro Leagues HOF GUAR AMERICANA Autograph
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HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA signed cut. Deceased in 1999, this is a Dave Pope hand signed autograph. He was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons in MLB for the Cleveland Indians in 1952, and from 1954 to 1955. He then played for the Baltimore Orioles after being traded from 1955 to 1956, then was traded back to Cleveland for the remainder of the 1956 season. Pope was a notable Negro league baseba...ll player for the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords. Pope has a place in the photo and film archive for Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, as part of a play which contrasted with Willie Mays's famous catch. In the top of the 8th inning, Vic Wertz of Cleveland had hit a deep fly ball (400 or more feet) to center field which had been pulled down by Mays for a very long out. In the last of the 10th inning, Giants' pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes hit a shallow fly ball, well under 300 feet, toward the cozy right field area of the Polo Grounds. Pope, who had been brought into the game in the late innings, ran over and leaped as high as he could but was a couple of feet short of being able to catch Rhodes' fly ball, which landed in the first row of seats for the game-winning home run. His 1956 Topps baseball card for the Baltimore Orioles gave him some vicarious redemption for that failed leap in 1954: It included a colorized drawing based on the black-and-white picture, but with the ball in his glove..
This autograph was obtained in the 1990’s through the mail by the President of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
Thank you for your support of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Your purchase of a HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA series autograph helps the Museum to operate and increase the quantity of the displayed sports artifacts.
YOUR GUARANTEEFirst guarantee, you have purchased a signed cut of a very special person with many accomplishments. Second guarantee, you have purchased a signed cut that is guaranteed authentic by Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Authenticated.
HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA is limited to special autographs by those who have helped shape the United States and the world. WICHITA SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM AUTHENTICATEDWichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Authenticated is the quality control department of the Museum. The Museum has over 2, 000 items for viewing and only displays game used artifacts and all signatures on display must be authentic. Each HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA signature has been examined by our staff and is compared to other known authentic signatures. All signatures are checked against ghost signers and autopens. Also, each signature is analyzed for ink stroke, size and angles of the letters, pauses in the lines, signing materials such as type of paper/pen used and other important criteria.
Guarantee on any HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA signature is void if the seal on the autograph case is tampered with. HOF GUARANTEED AMERICAN is a registered trademark of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and is in no way associated with any sports league, sports team, sports organization, other hall of fame and/or individuals athletes, coaches or sports contributors. Copyright 2017 HOF GUARANTEED
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This autograph was obtained in the 1990’s through the mail by the President of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
Thank you for your support of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Your purchase of a HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA series autograph helps the Museum to operate and increase the quantity of the displayed sports artifacts.
YOUR GUARANTEEFirst guarantee, you have purchased a signed cut of a very special person with many accomplishments. Second guarantee, you have purchased a signed cut that is guaranteed authentic by Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Authenticated.
HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA is limited to special autographs by those who have helped shape the United States and the world. WICHITA SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM AUTHENTICATEDWichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Authenticated is the quality control department of the Museum. The Museum has over 2, 000 items for viewing and only displays game used artifacts and all signatures on display must be authentic. Each HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA signature has been examined by our staff and is compared to other known authentic signatures. All signatures are checked against ghost signers and autopens. Also, each signature is analyzed for ink stroke, size and angles of the letters, pauses in the lines, signing materials such as type of paper/pen used and other important criteria.
Guarantee on any HOF GUARANTEED AMERICANA signature is void if the seal on the autograph case is tampered with. HOF GUARANTEED AMERICAN is a registered trademark of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and is in no way associated with any sports league, sports team, sports organization, other hall of fame and/or individuals athletes, coaches or sports contributors. Copyright 2017 HOF GUARANTEED
WICHITA SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM4700 EAST CENTRALWICHITA, KS 67208
SHIPPING CHARGESShipping is FREE and includes tracking.
