t206 players, has anyone ever met a player?

[Hankphenom]

I met Clark Griffith in 1955, just before he died. I was nine years old, and remember it vividly. He took me by the hand and we rode together in this tiny elevator up to his office on the second floor at Griffith Stadium. Griffith and Walter had been so close, and he just doted on me. It blows my mind that I remember meeting a man who was born in 1869, four years after the Civil War! I never did meet Walter, by the way, as far as I know. He went into the hospital on April 8, 1946, and died there eight months later. I was born April 20, and I don't think I was ever taken to the hospital. I'll have to ask Mom about that. I was the last grandchild born before he died, and he knew about me. That's enough for me.

[wolf441]

I had a relative of Deacon Phillippe (I don't remember how she was related) contact me when I bought a T206 Phillippe card in around 2000. She let me know that she was a family member and wanted to know if I was buying the card because of any connection to Deacon or if I was just collecting old tobacco cards. A very nice woman and we exchanged several emails. I wish my memory was better and I could remember how she was related...

[cdn_collector]

Back around 2006-7, I maintained a web site to display my collection of George Gibson cards. For some reason that site generated a lot of interesting email -- not the least of which came from one of Gibson's grandsons -- who was using the internet to research George himself and found my site.

But that's as close as I can get.


Regards,

Richard.