PHOTO MYSTERY SOLVED. Joss, HOPKINS, Rhoades, and McGuire

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03-19-2013, 07:09 PM

bmarlowe1

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Originally Posted by bbpostcards

Can anyone please identify the mystery player? http://www.sportingoregon.com/p58119...72b2#h402b72b2 The message on the back may provide a clue: "We have the double X [double cross, presumably] on Benny here. Doc." Thanks!
THANKS TO HELP FROM THE GOOD FOLKS AT THE HALL OF FAME, THE ANSWER ON THE MYSTERY PLAYER IS THAT IT IS...NOT A PLAYER! IT IS BEN HOPKINS, A CLEVELAND BANKER AND BUSINESSMAN AFTER WHOM THE CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT IS NAMED. SO, THE POSTCARD SHOWS, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, DEACON MCGUIRE, DUSTY RHOADES, BEN HOPKINS, AND ADDIE JOSS.

Hmmm. The Cleveland airport was named after William R. Hopkins. I can find no reference to him as Benny. Did HoF provide any comparison photos?

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