This Photo Is Driving Me Nuts

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I feel like I've seen it before, but I can't place who it is and can't find it online:

[Bocabirdman]

A Young Payton Manning?

[gonzo]

Beat me to it - a lost Manning brother.

[Jason19th]

I feel like there is a photo in The Glory of Their Times that is similar

[Casey2296]

Young Warren Spahn

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

LOL REAL young like -5 years old?

[oldeboo]

Babe Ruth

[sb1]

Gene Hackman .....right before he coached at Hickory. Seriously it does look like him, but it's not.

[milkit1]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

Babe Ruth

Lol When I saw this on ebay I laughed out loud. Then I was strangely annoyed all day.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Why is there a photo montage of Babe Ruth pictures surrounding young Gru from Despicable Me?

[brianp-beme]

Have no idea if I am even close, but the eyes look like Hal Chase.

Brian

[judsonhamlin]

And Jim Thorpe's nose

[Rhotchkiss]

1000% it looks like Manning

[ThomasL]

Im not very confident in it but my first thought is it looks a little like Frank Shellenback

[JollyElm]

A Peyton Manning/Ty Cobb love child?

[riggs336]

The prop man from "8 Heads in a Dufflebag"?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Isn't it Shoeless Joe?




Does anyone still even remember that joke?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ThomasL

Im not very confident in it but my first thought is it looks a little like Frank Shellenback

Here is a photo of a younger Frank Shellenback. My keen eye on ears says Frank it is not, but I have to admit it does look like him.

Brian

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Isn't it Shoeless Joe?




Does anyone still even remember that joke?

LOL

Yep, I remember. The Bruces, Seinfeld references, and Shoeless Joe “sightings.” Good times.

[Mark17]

A young Fred Merkle?

[pclpads]

Tommy Harmon . . . B4 he switched sports and found fame at Michigan.

[tachyonbb]

Joe Shlabotnik

[Econteachert205]

I’m getting deja vu with that image as well. For some reason I’m remembering the person later was an mlb umpire but I could be way off. But I have seen that same photo somewhere.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Thanks Dennis that makes me feel at least a little better. I have the feeling he was a heralded rookie arriving at the park for the first time. A set up shot for a newspaper.

[chalupacollects]

I was thinking a young Oscar Madison right after he was asked to leave...that request made by his wife.

[usernamealreadytaken]

Joe Connolly?

[Kris19]

Max Carey maybe?

[Jason19th]

I am NOT getting political here but it it possible that this image is familiar because the guy looks like the kid in the MAGA hat who had the incident with the native American group. It’s certainly an image we all saw a lot

[cdn_collector]

Anyone else seeing Jack Bastian's T206 here?

Regards,

Richard.

[T206Collector]

Except for maybe the cap, and what appear to be stands in the background, I don’t really see a baseball player here.

Looks like a doctor, in a suit and overcoat carrying a medical bag to me.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

It doesn't look LIKE someone I think I recognize. I recognize THIS image. I have seen this exact picture somewhere before.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Except for maybe the cap, and what appear to be stands in the background, I don’t really see a baseball player here.



Looks like a doctor, in a suit and overcoat carrying a medical bag to me.

Moonlight Graham!

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[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Except for maybe the cap, and what appear to be stands in the background, I don’t really see a baseball player here.

Looks like a doctor, in a suit and overcoat carrying a medical bag to me.

Awfully young to be a doctor and that bag is awfully big.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Awfully young to be a doctor and that bag is awfully big.

Umpire? Trainer? Not a lot of pics of players dressed like that on a ball field.

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

Anyone else seeing Jack Bastian's T206 here?

Hard to argue against the similarity

[brianp-beme]

I think we are getting closer!

Brian (card way too nice to be mine)

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Not seeing the Bastian thing other than it's a guy in a coat.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Not seeing the Bastian thing other than it's a guy in a coat.

And a hat

But I do agree with you. When I look at T206s and their original images, they are often quite accurate (even after the artist takes some creative license). If I give this photo/card that treatment there are a lot of differences before you even get into comparing specific facial features.

Consider the location of his ear, for example. In the photo, his ear rises above the bottom of the hat. In the card, the ear doesn't make it to the bottom of the hat, and more hair is visible.

Anyway, the photo still does make me think of that specific T206, but I sure don't think they are the same guy.

Richard.

[irishdenny]

If You have it available...
i'd take it out to see if there's any evidence, clues, etc...

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I do but still haven't heard back from the consignor to get permission. Hall of Fame couldn't identify it though they agree it is likely a baseball player.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Scott, sorry to kill this thread if that's what I do here, but...

The thread title reminds me of this joke.

A pirate walks into a bar.
The bartender asks him, "why do you have a wheel in your pants?"
The pirate says, "Arrr, it's drivin' me nuts!"

Sorry.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

You did lol, but I am bringing it back to life. Since another photo ID thread won't seem to just die even though he's TELLING us who it is so I'm not even sure of the point of that one.

[GeoPoto]

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1636375874

[MVSNYC]

Hints of a young Mike Trout (the OP's photo).

[jthorst75]

Wow I remember this thread and I also remember thinking then it was a young Branch Rickey. I'm still sticking to that...

[butchie_t]

You really want a coat like that......don't you? That is why it is driving you cray-cray.

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I feel like I've seen it before, but I can't place who it is and can't find it online:

Arky Vaughan.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1636375874

And this is?

[GeoPoto]

Joe Judge. I have no reason to think your photo is him, but I scanned my photos and he stood out.

[pawpawdiv9]

Archibald "moonlight' Graham