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05-21-2020, 01:19 PM
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Not baseball, but this T218 of Deshler is an early sports card that shows a tattoo.
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05-21-2020, 01:24 PM
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05-21-2020, 02:15 PM
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Tom Sharkey, the boxer, had a very visible chest tattoo. He probably has a card showing his.
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05-21-2020, 03:07 PM
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I think you are right. There's a photo of Mele and Red Shoendienst when they were managers and the tat is visible. Almost all his other cards/photos have undershirts or are close ups. His 64 Topps card has a hint of it as well, but it isn't clear.
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05-21-2020, 06:07 PM
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Mele was in the V-12 Navy League during WWII in the Pacific Theater. It would be logical to have received a tattoo at that time.
I would think that tattoos were somewhat common with the players that served, but maybe not as visible as Sams. They actually toned down Deshler's tattoo for his card. 
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05-21-2020, 06:27 PM
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What about the E90-1 Jackson card, does the lip they tattooed on him count?
Interesting and different topic. I hope there are more posts with pics.
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05-22-2020, 05:42 PM
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So I guess here is maybe a more interesting question. What was the second card to depict a tattoo? Is it possible we went nearly half a century without one?
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05-22-2020, 05:56 PM
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This is such an unusual topic that it would neat to see ANY pre-1960 sport card that has the person with a tattoo. It's definitely not unusual these days.
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05-23-2020, 11:12 AM
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This is a great idea for a thread. Hope to see more like it.
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