OT: Honus trivia

[earlywynnfan]

I have single signed balls from the last living teammates of Cobb (Hayworth) and Ruth (Werber.) Does anyone out there know who the last living teammate of Honus Wagner is? I suppose I could research, but thought maybe someone knew this off the top of their head.

Thanks,
Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[sycks22]

I would contact coach's corner, they're probably doing a signing this weekend with some of them.

[Shoeless Moe]

......would bother with their teamates, they specialize in custom signatures of only the stars themselves.

I actually only need 3 more members to complete my collection of signers of the Last Supper. All purchased and authenticated by CC.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

......would bother with their teamates, they specialize in custom signatures of only the stars themselves.

I actually only need 3 more members to complete my collection of signers of the Last Supper. All purchased and authenticated by CC.

I understand Thomas is the most difficult of the Apostles. But, your friends at the Commode have your needs in signed vintage hysterical pieces.

[pgellis]

My guess is Burleigh Grimes who pitched on the 1917 Pirates (Wagner's last year).

Grimes died in December 1985 at the age of 92!

I just went through the entire 1917 Pirates team to see when each died (bored at work today!) and Grimes died most recently (1985). I would assume that any team prior to 1917 would not yield anybody older than that.

That's my guess.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

I have single signed balls from the last living teammates of Cobb (Hayworth) and Ruth (Werber.) Does anyone out there know who the last living teammate of Honus Wagner is? I suppose I could research, but thought maybe someone knew this off the top of their head.

Thanks,
Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

What about Gehrig's last? Do u know who it was and do u have it? They could still be alive....possibly.

[pgellis]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

What about Gehrig's last? Do u know who it was and do u have it? They could still be alive....possibly.

I'm gonna guess Tommy Henrich who died 2 years ago in Dec. 2009 at the age of 96. He was one of the youngest players on the team in Gehrig's last year, so I don't think there would be anybody that is still alive or died more recently than Dec. 2009.

If you include Wagners' career as a hitting coach (1933-1951) for the Pittsburgh Pirates I believe Vernon Law (1930 - ) was a teammate of Wagner's in 1951. He's still alive, lives in Idaho.

[Mark]

Carmen Hill died in 1990 at the age of 94, so he would be among Honus's oldest teammates. And there are a good number of living Bucs who knew him as a coach, including Kiner.

[byrone]

On the topic of Honus Wagner, does anyone know how I can find his genealogical family tree?

[terjung]

Originally Posted by byrone

On the topic of Honus Wagner, does anyone know how I can find his geological family tree?

Under a rock? j/k

I think you mean genealogical.

A quick Google yielded this thread with very limited information...
http://genforum.genealogy.com/wagner/messages/785.html

There was also a thread on ancestry.com...
http://boards.ancestry.com/localitie...1475.1/mb.ashx

Not sure where else to try.

[byrone]

Originally Posted by terjung

Under a rock? j/k

I think you mean genealogical.

A quick Google yielded this thread with very limited information...
http://genforum.genealogy.com/wagner/messages/785.html

There was also a thread on ancestry.com...
http://boards.ancestry.com/localitie...1475.1/mb.ashx

Not sure where else to try.

Thanks

Spelling fixed It was a late night.