Negro leaguers

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by John1941

Wow, amazing postcard! This might be a silly question but I'm curious - there seems to be a white guy in the front row wearing a Crawfords uniform - what's that about?

Not sure about that, but below is a link that has that team photo included as well as a little historical information about the 1932 to 1935 Crawfords teams. In the article it mentions that Judy Johnson is the player kneeling in the first row, second from the left. The 1932 team also had Cool Papa Bell on its roster, but perhaps he did not make it into the team shot, which appears to have been taken in March of that year. There are some additional well known non-HOF players that were on that 1932 team as well.

https://www.baseballhistorycomesaliv...st-teams-ever/


Brian

[gonefishin]

Not a mainstream issue, but Remar Bread had a couple of Negro league former players. The 1950 issue had cards of both Artie Wilson and Ray Noble. These cards have also gone up somewhat in price but are still affordable at the moment. The 49 Artie Wilson Remar has really seen a good boost in price, but has nowhere to go buy up as collectors seek out early cards of players from the Negro leagues.