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jason.1969
02-28-2015, 10:12 AM
Sports Illustrated featured a Milwaukee Brave on the cover 8 times between 1954 and 1960. How many of the times was the player Hank Aaron?
ibuysportsephemera
02-28-2015, 10:32 AM
Pretty easy...0. Aaron doesn't even get a cover until 1969.
Jeff
jason.1969
02-28-2015, 10:34 AM
Pretty crazy, huh? Even Del Crandall gets two!
jason.1969
02-28-2015, 10:36 AM
What would make the trivia question really hard would be to ask what Hank Aaron's first solo magazine cover was on a national publication.
jthorst75
02-28-2015, 10:53 AM
JET magazine?
ibuysportsephemera
02-28-2015, 11:03 AM
What would make the trivia question really hard would be to ask what Hank Aaron's first solo magazine cover was on a national publication.
Looks like it might be the June 1962 Sport Magazine.
Jeff
ibuysportsephemera
02-28-2015, 11:09 AM
I can find him on covers with other stars starting in 1957ish on a Famous Slugger with Mantle and Kluszewski, but nothing by himself until Sport 1962.
Jeff
jason.1969
02-28-2015, 11:49 AM
I had incorrectly believed my June 18, 1959, JET was his first solo cover.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/28/accf03056f345cf4fd19b5a659861853.jpg
But then I came across this October 1957 issue of American Forests! Wow, how obvious should that have been??
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/391014611903_1_0_1/500x500.jpg
ibuysportsephemera
02-28-2015, 12:31 PM
I had incorrectly believed my June 18, 1959, JET was his first solo cover.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/28/accf03056f345cf4fd19b5a659861853.jpg
But then I came across this October 1957 issue of American Forests! Wow, how obvious should that have been??
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/391014611903_1_0_1/500x500.jpg
Great find (1957 American Forests Magazine)!
Jeff
clydepepper
03-01-2015, 03:02 AM
Seems like there was an SI cover which showed all of the NL All-Star starters...the year that Cincinnati stuffed the ballot...was Aaron one of the none Reds?
jason.1969
03-01-2015, 05:54 AM
I wonder if this is the one you mean. The National League row is a who's who of the greatest post-war NLers of all time + Del Crandall!
http://www.milwaukeebraves.info/images/covers/si070758.jpg
clydepepper
03-01-2015, 08:58 PM
I wonder if this is the one you mean. The National League row is a who's who of the greatest post-war NLers of all time + Del Crandall!
http://www.milwaukeebraves.info/images/covers/si070758.jpg
either that one or this one:
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Either way, I was wrong.
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jason.1969
03-20-2015, 08:11 AM
I just put together this resource for anyone interested...it's probably the most complete guide to Hank Aaron magazines (1954-1976) anywhere on the Web.
https://jasoncards.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/the-hank-aaron-fans-guide-to-magazine-collecting/
ibuysportsephemera
03-20-2015, 08:36 AM
Awesome job Jason!
Jeff