Let's play Vintage Hi-Lo!

[ullmandds]

There are definitely some players/coaches/mgr's whose careers spanned many decades and who were depicted on vintage cards of that era. For example Connie Mack was in the OJ set as a rookie and then in playball in 40-41 as a mgr...this would be a span of 53 yrs or so...Amazing!!! This is the best I can do with my collection...I used to have a t206 collins which would have been better...oh well!!!

My collinses span 20 years. Show your best hi-lo?

[Matt]

That's a slippery slope - Collins was well done playing by the time the Goudey set was issued. I have an upper deck card of Babe Ruth from 2003...

[ullmandds]

technically you're right...but...the example I gave w/connie mack is similar...and within my rules that can be coach or mgr card!

[tedzan]

Active player from 1909 - 1933




Manager





The dinosaur ...... T-Rex

..............1909................................ .............................................2008



T-Rex TED

[barrysloate]

Casey Stengel: T210 Old Mill
1965 Topps Mets manager

[carrigansghost]

Maybe if they made a Pesky coaches card? 70 years, 1942-2012. When was his first card?


Rawn

[novakjr]

Connie Mack was still active as a manager in 1950. So despite being a HOF set, his Callahan card could possibly still be a career contemporary card(although the first release of this may have been in '51). His Albertype HOF postcards would mostly be career contemporary.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think last time this came up Jimmy Reese was the winner, he had some card in the 20s as a player and was in 1991 Bowman or something like that as a coach.

[canjond]

[FrankWakefield]

Here are a few pair I dug out...

You guys tell me the years for the cards. (Gonzales is a York Caramel.)





This pair has a few years between them....




For Barry, here's the 1910 Stengel. Somewhere I have a 50's Bowman with him as a manager, but I need to find a 1965 Topps...



And somewhere I have a Reese contract where he signed to be a coach, I think it's a late 80's PCL contract. I had found a ZeeNut of him, but mine's a 1928 card, Jon has me beaten by a year. At the moment I'm annoyed that I can't find it; found the box I thought it was in, and there are contracts in there, but not Reese's... might find it in a few days.

Thank you for the thread, Dr.

[rhettyeakley]

Here is the Jimmie Reese duo. The 1925 Zeenut is his first ever card (and one of the toughest cards to find in the set as well!) and in 1991 he was featured on cards by Bowman (pictured) and Donruss "Studio" but I prefer the older look of the Bowman... **66 years apart**

[barrysloate]

Nice Stengel rookie Frank.

[rc4157]

Great thread!

[David W]

Cap Anson - 74 years apart (not mine, scans taken from ebay.....) But it sure looks like it's the same picture.....

[Brian Van Horn]

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