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Originally Posted by abroome
Don't want to hi-jack the thread, but Wirt Gammon is one of my favorite guys. From my hometown and was a fellow Lookouts fan.
Wanted to share his Southern Association press pass. Funny, they call it the "Southern League" on the pass.
Andy
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That's a great piece. I think Gammon might be the writer who appears the most in my old hobby publications. He was writing for Card Collector's Bulletin by at least the mid-50s, he had a column in The Ballcard Collector from at least 1970 to 1973 (once or twice a month), and after Sports Collectors Digest started in 1973 he eventually moved his column there, writing it into the 1980s. It would usually seem pretty stream of consciousness, sometimes mentioning extra cards he had for trade or cards he needed, and sometimes in SCD he would just answer reader questions. He seems like a very genial, helpful guy from his writings.