The indestructible Fred Clarke

[Chuck9788]

Fred Clarke remained active and seemingly indestructible into his 70s. In 1947, while fishing in northern Minnesota, he and his wife were thrown into icy northern Minnesota waters by a storm, but he was back out fishing the next day. Soon after, he was nearly shot accidentally while quail hunting. He then survived a gas furnace explosion in his basement. Fred Clarke died in Kansas at age 87.

[Brian Van Horn]

Fred Clarke was also a rancher and had numerous patented inventions. He, like Ty Cobb, in wealth only, died a very rich man.

[VoodooChild]

He also has one of the coolest poses on any pre-war issue:

[T206Collector]

And he was a reasonably avid signer for his autograph-collecting fans.

[mybuddyinc]

Chuck --- really enjoy your write ups .....

But here's a more "realistic" back example:

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Jason, yup. CJ is a Classic !!!!!!!

Fun stuff, Scott

[tiger8mush]

which set used the image first ... E93 or T206?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by VoodooChild

He also has one of the coolest poses on any pre-war issue:

agreed! I have both the 14 and the 15. guess which this is!

[tiger8mush]

I'm at the local little league field a good 6 days a week during spring and summer, and I've never EVER seen a kid sit on a bat like this haha.

[Jcfowler6]

One of my favorite players.


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[Mark]

from his playing days

[MartyFromCANADA]

Good friend and mentor to my man, George Gibson.

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[Jobu]

The Pirates 1904 home opener - Fred is out there somewhere!

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by MartyFromCANADA

Good friend and mentor to my man, George Gibson.

The only Clarke's I own are the ones that pair Clarke with the aforementioned Gibson. Here's one...



Cheers,

Richard.

[Jcfowler6]

My favorite card of him.


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[Bpm0014]

The Pirates 1904 home opener - Fred is out there somewhere!

One of the coolest pictures I've seen in a while!

[Leon]

No longer mine but this was a fave

[puckpaul]

these two Fred Clarke pieces are two of my favorites:

1.He certainly was beloved/respected by his teammates/players, as the charm below (ex-Halper) was given to him by his Pittsburgh ball club per the inscription on the back of this cool piece form October 1903 following the first world series (loss).

2. His M-101 Sporting News card and the writeup on the back. "Best batter and fielder...without a weakness."

Paul

[Jobu]

Thanks Brendan! I wrote a thread about my research on these negatives: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=1904

Here is my other Clarke item (a favorite from my childhood collection) where it appears that someone tried to test Mr. Clarke's indestructibility.

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

The Pirates 1904 home opener - Fred is out there somewhere!

One of the coolest pictures I've seen in a while!