Thread: Ty Cobb at 17?
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Old 11-19-2011, 03:43 PM
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IMO, that side-by-side comparison shows that the photo on eBay is not Cobb. While the ears may be similar, I think that some folks here are ignoring the tell-tale sign -- the roundness of the face. If the photo on eBay is Cobb, I think we'd all agree that it would have to be Cobb pre-20 yrs. old. All of the photos that show Cobb in his teens (and even early 20's) show him with a much thinner, slender face. The picture on eBay has a man with a round face. To me, the shape of the face is the clincher that it's not Cobb.

We've all seen someone who looked eerily similar to someone we already knew -- I think this is the case we have with the eBay photo.
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