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Originally Posted by The Cardfather
This is a Philadelphia Athletics Jersey from the early 1950s.
Note the "wings" on the left side of the A.
Could it be that Fleer used a photo of someone from the 1950s?
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That is possible, but unlikely. Why insert Delahanty's head on the body of another player wearing a uniform for a team that he never played for?
The old-English or Germanic style of letter was popular on baseball uniforms in the late 19th and early 20th century. The letter usually signified the town that the team was based in, and it was not unusual for different teams in different locations that had the same first letter to have the same insignia on their uniforms. Major league players often went on tour through the southern or western states after the season was over, and in some cases those teams had their own uniforms.
(BTW, Delahanty lived into the early 1950's, but he had no connection with the Philadelphia Athletics.)