Pre War Multi Sport Athletes and Coaches
I just acquired this Earle "Greasy" Neale 1919-21 W514 card yesterday. It got me to thinking about other Pre War multi sport athletes and coaches. Also scanned is my Hugo Bezdek from the same W514 set.
Show us your pre war multi sport stars.
Greasy Neale played Major League Baseball from 1916-1924, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. He made the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the coach of the 2 time NFL champion Eagles from 1941-1950. Neale also played pro football (pre NFL) from 1917-1919, coached college football from 1915-1940 and also coached college basketball from 1919-1921.
Born in Prague, Austria-Hungary in 1884, Hugo Bezdek played college football at the University of Chicago from 1904-1905. He coached college football, college baseball and college basketball on and off from 1906-1949. He was the Cleveland Rams first NFL coach from 1937-1938. Amazingly, he also managed the MLB Pittsburgh Pirates from 1917-1919.
Other Pre War major league multi sports stars that come to mind include; Jim Thorpe (NY Giants/Canton Bulldogs), George Halas (NY Yankees/Chicago Bears), Ace Parker (Philadelphia Athletics/NFL Brooklyn Dodgers)
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T206 Brooklyn - Have 27/27
Collecting pre war baseball and football, Dodgers team sets from all years, all baseball HOFers, NFL Hall of Famers, Los Angeles Rams oddballs and San Diego State football/baseball/basketball rare and oddball items.
Last edited by argpdt; 01-09-2017 at 09:42 AM.
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