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08-08-2022, 02:51 PM
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532 ft Home Run Autograph - Hugh Willingham - 1930
I recently snagged this small photo of Hugh Willingham on ebay. It is signed on the back. Willingham played (as a bench player) for the White Sox and Phillies in the early 1930s.
The only reason I know about him is he was my grandmother's cousin. She gave me copies of some old press clippings when I was a kid. Willingham blasted a 532 foot homer on Saturday July 12, 1930 in Dallas, Texas while playing for the Dallas Steers. He hit 39 homers that season. This might be the most little-known tape-measure home run in professional baseball history! It is interesting the detail the journalist goes into on how they measured it and specifies the distance was measured to where the ball landed with no roll. Anyway, thrilled to have a signed photo of my distant baseball relative from the early '30s. Last edited by Hoy'sNoDummy; 08-08-2022 at 03:09 PM. 
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