Many thanks to BobC

[Mike Eisenbath]

Picked this card up in the recent Lelands auction and can't be more excited. I wouldn't have known it was there if not for Bob remembering that I collect Billy Southworth cards. So grateful for the thoughtfulness and knowledge of the great people here!

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[BobC]

Originally Posted by Mike Eisenbath

Picked this card up in the recent Lelands auction and can't be more excited. I wouldn't have known it was there if not for Bob remembering that I collect Billy Southworth cards. So grateful for the thoughtfulness and knowledge of the great people here!

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Mike,

You are most welcome and glad I was able to be of help. Very happy for you snagging that great card and image, especially since you clued me in that that is Southworth's son on the card with him. Great pickup for your collection.

Hey, that leads to a great question, are there any other baseball cards (not photos or PCs) out there that have a father and son on the same card. Not sure there are any other pre-war cards than this one. Post-war I know of the Ripkens (Sr., Jr., and Billy) appearing on a card together if memory serves, and also seem to remember the Griffeys were together on a card as well. Any others anyone knows of out there?

And again Mike, great pickup, glad you got itl

[Mark17]

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[BobC]

Originally Posted by Mark17

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Good one!

[DaveW]

I seem to remember a 1936 card with Babe Herman and his son, maybe the fine pens.

Edit: Found it

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[BobC]

Originally Posted by DaveW

I seem to remember a 1936 card with Babe Herman and his son, maybe the fine pens.

Edit: Found it

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Thanks Dave, great memory. That is one of the few National Chicle Fine Pen cards I don't have, so no wonder I didn't think of it. And a really wonderful image as well. Thanks for sharing.

[sreader3]

The Southworth card is one of the greatest father/son sports cards ever produced ...

William Brooks Southworth (June 20, 1917 — February 15, 1945), known also as Billy Southworth Jr., was an American professional baseball player (1936–1940) who became a decorated bomber pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Rising to the rank of Major, Southworth was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal after completing 25 bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations in 1942 and 1943. He lost his life at age 27 while leading flight training for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, when his aircraft crashed into Flushing Bay, off the Borough of Queens in New York City, in early 1945. He was the first U.S. professional baseball player to enlist in the armed forces prior to World War II, almost a year before the Bombing of Pearl Harbor.