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Old 01-01-2023, 06:30 PM
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I went through some online newspapers and thought I would add at least a partial checklist of stamps found in the Omaha Evening Bee News from around the beginning of July 1936 into September--some are repeated in the following morning's paper. Here is what I found--please feel free to add:
  1. 7/03/1936: SCHOOLBOY ROWE-BASEBALL
    TONY CANZONERI—LIGHTWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP
  2. 7/04/1936: MICKEY COCHRANE-BASEBALL
    GENE SARAZEN-GOLF
  3. 7/06/1936: DIZZY DEAN-BASEBALL
    JACK DEMPSEY- FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP
  4. 7/08/1936: TRAVIS JACKSON-BASEBALL
    FRANK CROSETTI-BASEBALL
  5. 7/09/1936: PETE FOX-BASEBALL
    AL SIMMONS-BASEBALL
  6. 7/10/1936: BEN CHAPMAN-BASEBALL
    VERNON GOMEZ-BASEBALL
  7. 7/11/1936: C. HUBBELL, P., GIANTS (SINGLE STAMP)
  8. 7/16/1936: BILLIE HALL-IOWA GOLF CHAMP
    DENNY MILLER-IOWA GOLF CHAMP
  9. 7/18/1936: WALTER BLIVENS-AMATEUR GOLF
    WALTER EMERY-AMATEUR GOLF
  10. 7/22/1936: BARNEY ROSS-BOXER
    DICK BARTELL-BASEBALL
  11. 7/27/1936: HANK SEVEREID-BASEBALL
    SED HARTMAN-OMAHA MUNICIPAL UNIV. COACH
  12. 7/28/1936: KAYE DON-SPEEDBOAT/AUTO RACER
    JOHN POLISKY-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH
  13. 7/30/1936: MICKEY WALKER- WELTERWEIGHT/MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP
    DANA X. BIBLE-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH
  14. 7/31/1936: CASEY STENGEL-BASEBALL MANAGER (VERTICAL STRIP)
    MORRIE SCHLAIFER- BOXING
  15. 8/01/1936: BILL ROGELL-BASEBALL
    JACK SHARKEY: BOXING (VERTICAL STRIP)
  16. 8/07/1936: CHARLEY GELBERT-BASEBALL
    JOE MEDWICK-BASEBALL
  17. 8/12/1936: FIELDING YOST-MICHIGAN A.D.
    HEINIE MANUSH-BASEBALL
  18. 8/13//1936: JOHNNY RISKO-HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER
    SAM PARKS, JR.-GOLFER (NATIONAL OPEN CHAMP 1935)
  19. 8/14/1936: ALVIN CROWDER-BASEBALL
    JESS WILLARD-FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP
  20. 8/15/1936: JOHNNY REVOLTA-GOLFER
    JOE SULLIVAN-PITCHER
  21. 8/19/1936: JIMMY THOMSON-GOLFER (APPEARS IN MORNING PAPER NEXT DAY)
    ELON HOGSETT-BASEBALL
  22. 8/21/1936: PAT MALONE-BASEBALL
    LEROY PARMELEE-BASEBALL
  23. 8/27/1936: A.A. STAGG-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH
    GIL DOBIE-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH
  24. 9/01/1936: RED GRANGE-FOOTBALL
    BO M’MILLIN-COLLEGE FOOTBALL
  25. 9/01/1936am: JOCK SUTHERLAND-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH (PITT)
    GAR DAVIDSON-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH (ARMY)
  26. 9/04/1936: LOU GEHRIG- BASEBALL (SINGLE STAMP)
  27. 9/10/1936: CHARLEY GRIMM-BASEBALL MANAGER (SINGLE STAMP)
  28. 9/24/1936: LESTER M’DONALD-COLLEGE FOOTBALL (SINGLE STAMP)
And here is one of interest:


edited to add: Just noticed that Lou's bio says he is single and living with his parents, which had not been true for nearly three years when this stamp was published.
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