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1991 Philadelphia Athletics Hall of Fame Plaque: Chief Bender....
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1991 Philadelphia Athletics Hall of Fame Plaque: Chief Bender. A graduate of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School that likewise blessed American athletics with Hall of Fame football player Jim Thorpe, Bender labored his first dozen Major League seasons in the uniform of the Philadelphia Athletics, leading the American League in winning percentage on three occasions. A three-time World Champion with the Mack Men.The Philadelphia Athletics Hall of Fame Collection
Though it's been nearly six decades since the City of Brotherly Love watched its White Elephants march west to Kansas City, the team that Connie Mack piloted for five decades remains close to the hearts of most baseball historians. Surely the remarkable reign of the Tall Tactician, and the enduring memory of his dark-suited lanky frame on the dugout steps, plays a role in the team's "staying power," but the lofty peaks and deep valleys of the team's trajectory through the first half of the twentieth century likewise capture the imagination. It seems that the A's were always either the greatest team in baseball or the worst, with two remarkable but short-lived dynasties rising like volcanic islands from an ocean of mediocrity. The collection offered here tends to focus on those happier times at Shibe Park, a selection of bronze plaques displayed at the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society, remembering the greatest players ever to wear the A's uniform. Each measures 11x15.5" in size and is joined by the paper placard that hung below indicating year of induction.
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2013 May 2 - 4 Vintage Sports Collectible Signature Auction - Dallas #7075 (go to Auction Home page)
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May, 2013
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