Who ever thought this was Lou DeVormer?

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Posted By: Anonymous

I don't usually pay attention to grading guides, but the one card that has always troubled me from the E121 set is the Emil Meusel card with the additional comment that the picture was actually of Lou Devormer. Wrong! I have seen enough pictures of Emil Meusel to know that it is he who is pictured on the following card:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1921-American-Caramel-Emil-Meusel-PSA-6-RARE-Back_W0QQitemZ320036054782QQihZ011QQcategoryZ31718 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: fkw

Al DeVormer looks very similar to Emil "Irish" Meusel (and so does his bro Bob Meusel). (See DeVormer's W503 card on cardpricer.com for a similar portrait picture)

But the key is the hat, Irish played for the NY Giants...... DeVormer and Bob Meusel played for the NY Yankees.

Its a Giants hat in the picture.......So you are right, it is Emil Meusel that is pictured on that E121-80 card.

Its tough to tell because both the Giants and Yankees had white pinstripe hats in that era, but the "NY" logos are slightly different with the Giants logo having the top ends of the "Y" extending past the "N" on the left and right side.