MLB's Oldest Living Player- Eddie Robinson- Celebrating 100th Birthday - 12/15/2020

[Leon]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Leon- would you like to take up a collection and send him something?

I believe we have time to get that done.

I think buying his book and/or sending him a card would probably be a good thing. That said, if folks want to do something else, I will be glad to help. I don't believe he is in any kind of financial difficulty as some of the other, older players have had to deal with.

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[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think buying his book and/or sending him a card would probably be a good thing. That said, if folks want to do something else, I will be glad to help. I don't believe he is in any kind of financial difficulty as some of the other, older players have had to deal with.

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As far as I know, and I do correspond with Mr. Rogers with some frequency, Paul would mention if Eddie needed help. He does know some other retired players in the DFW area who could use financial assistance. Eddie, on the other hand, is just fine financially as far as we all know.

Rich

And yes buying his book is more than sufficient and it is a great read about pre-expansion baseball.

Also, to Eddie's question, he spent a lot of time and energy working to help those less fortunate players from his era. He's very proud, and rightly so, of that work for others.

[jgannon]

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If I had to pick a favorite card of Eddie's, I guess I would pick this one. It has a lot of sentimental value to me in that it was one of the first 1956's I ever had. I unfortunately don't have the card I had as a kid (along with a lot of others!!), but I got this one again recently.

1956 Topps

Again, Happy Birthday Eddie!!

[jgannon]

My 1951 Bowman card when Eddie was playing for Paul Richards and the White Sox. Richards was the manager, Eddie most admired.



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[roarfrom34]

Back in 2011, Hartland made a limited edition statue of Eddie and I believe they sold them through the Philadelphia A's Historical Society...Robinson came into the area for one of their events and I had him sign this statue and his book: