Ed Delahanty - Wrong Photo?

[nolemmings]

I believe three of the Delahanty brothers played for Allentown, but the only two pics I've seen of those teams did not match the uniform-- the logo was an interlocked A, P and C (Allentown Peanuts Club?)

[The-Cardfather]

This is a Philadelphia Athletics Jersey from the early 1950s.
Note the "wings" on the left side of the A.
Could it be that Fleer used a photo of someone from the 1950s?

[The-Cardfather]

This site tracks the history of the Philadelphia A's uniform:

https://mlbcollectors.com/PHAjerseys.php

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by The Cardfather

This is a Philadelphia Athletics Jersey from the early 1950s.
Note the "wings" on the left side of the A.
Could it be that Fleer used a photo of someone from the 1950s?

That is possible, but unlikely. Why insert Delahanty's head on the body of another player wearing a uniform for a team that he never played for?

The old-English or Germanic style of letter was popular on baseball uniforms in the late 19th and early 20th century. The letter usually signified the town that the team was based in, and it was not unusual for different teams in different locations that had the same first letter to have the same insignia on their uniforms. Major league players often went on tour through the southern or western states after the season was over, and in some cases those teams had their own uniforms.

(BTW, Delahanty lived into the early 1950's, but he had no connection with the Philadelphia Athletics.)

[The-Cardfather]

I agree with all of that except....

Originally Posted by RUKen

Why insert Delahanty's head on the body of another player wearing a uniform for a team that he never played for?

I don't think that Fleer inserted Delahanty's head on the body of another player.
In fact, I don't believe that it's Ed Delahanty in the photo (but I can't say that with absolute certainty).

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by The Cardfather

I agree with all of that except....



I don't think that Fleer inserted Delahanty's head on the body of another player.
In fact, I don't believe that it's Ed Delahanty in the photo (but I can't say that with absolute certainty).

I don't know what you are disagreeing with. I've already stated in post #3, with certainty, that it is Jim Delahanty, not Ed Delahanty, and in my statement in post #9, I wrote that it is "possible, but unlikely" that (Jim) Delahanty's head was pasted on the body of another player.