Cards with misspelled names

[brianp-beme]

When it comes to misspellings, I like to display this E220 Bagby that has an added special 'k'.

Brian

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

[GeoPoto]

Here's a couple of T206 examples:

[BioCRN]

Not a lot of non-oversized Rogers Hornsby cards with the Cubs so sometimes you have to settle for a Roger Hornsby.

[GeoPoto]

Here's one with two letters wrong creating a different name/pronunciation:

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

The biggest victim of this had to be Edd Roush. Monosyllabic first and last names, yet easy to understand why it kept getting mangled. Edd?

[GeoPoto]

Speaking of Sam Crane (aka Sam Craig), I'd like to point out that the little biographical information that is readily available regarding his career includes this report: "His career ended when he was arrested after having an affair with the wife of a fruit dealer and stealing $1,500 from the husband." Now I'm thinking nobody gets caught the first time they travel the proscribed path, so it seems possible our hero had reasons to keep his correct name obscured. Fruit dealers can be very annoying!

A little more info on Sam, who parlayed his fruit-dealer caper(s) into a second career as a sports journalist: Samuel N. "Sam" Crane. Second baseman with the Washington Nationals in 1887. 276 hits and 3 home runs in 7 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Buffalo Bisons in 1880. His final season was 1890 with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. He managed the Buffalo Bisons in 1880 and the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds in 1884. After his playing days, Sam had a long and distinguished career as a sportswriter. It was his connection to baseball as a player, manager, and sportswriter that lent credibility to his assertion that Cooperstown, New York be the location for a "memorial" to the great players from the past. Cooperstown was, at the time, the place that many people believed was where Abner Doubleday had invented the game of baseball. It was this idea of a memorial that eventually led to the creation of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1939.

And a card with his name correct (I think):

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Here's one with two letters wrong creating a different name/pronunciation:

This is actually a double error, card and holder. The player is Bill Krieg, not Sam Crane

[Fballguy]

Probably the most famous football example. They got it wrong twice on the same card.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

When it comes to misspellings, I like to display this E220 Bagby that has an added special 'k'.

Brian

Silent K at the end of a name is not something you see everyday. Wow.

Originally Posted by pherbener

This one always perplexed me. The guy had been an all-time great for well over a decade!

Misspelling Ty Cobb's name 17 years into his career and after he has won all of his 12 batting titles is a real head scratcher.

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Here's a strange one:

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Does anyone know where the heck they got Pictbred from?

Also, here is a picture of the aforementioned Joe "DeMaggio" Zeenut.

[ValKehl]

I got this card slabbed recently, and it wll soon be in a REA auction. SGC did not note HOFer Ross Youngs correct name on the slab, despite my noting this on my submission form.