When Did the Last Surviving T206 Subject Pass Away?

[oldjudge]

Not the same question but the oldest living Old Judge subject, Dummy Hoy, died in 1961 at the ripe old age of 99.

[piecesofthegame]

Jay…to take that a step further,
If you were 10 years old when you (hypothetically) met Hoy, you would only be about 74 today. So there are probably still plenty of living people who personally knew an Old Judge player. That blows my mind!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by piecesofthegame

Jay…to take that a step further,
If you were 10 years old when you (hypothetically) met Hoy, you would only be about 74 today. So there are probably still plenty of living people who personally knew an Old Judge player. That blows my mind!

We are probably close to the point where very few people are left who remember seeing Cobb, In addition of course to retaining long-term memory, I think you would have had to be maybe 7 or 8 at the time to truly remember (his last year was 1928), so born 1920 or 1921. Ruth played through 1935, so probably quite a few folks left in their late 90s who recall seeing him play. That's pretty amazing to me.

[G1911]

Red Hoff died in 1998 at the age of 107. He was in T207, and I believe was the last living 1909-1912 ATC card subject, sport or non-sport. Track athlete Abel Kiviat died in 1991 at 99 and was in T218.

[piecesofthegame]

Wow, 107! I wonder if that’s the oldest MLB player ever.

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by piecesofthegame

Wow, 107! I wonder if that’s the oldest MLB player ever.

He was until the Negro Leagues became recognized as MLB. Silas Simmons, who played two games in 1926, lived to be 111 years old. Hoff is second now. There are two living MLB players who are 100 years old. Art Schallock and Bill Greason.

[jingram058]

My grandfather on my mother's side had an uncle (his father's brother) who fought in the Union Army in the Civil War. My grandfather knew him, and liked him. My grandfather was born in 1884 and passed away in 1984. Uncle Frank died in 1915. Pretty incredible to me. Not pre-war card related but...