2007.1.93

5/14/66
5.125 in HIGH x 3.5 in WIDE
(13.02 cm HIGH x 8.89 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.93

SPORTS (stamped on back in purple ink); "MAY 14 1966" (stamped on back in red ink); "1st spts / SNB / Robinson / 1 Col By 3"" (handwritten on back in blue ink)

Black and white portrait photograph of baseball player Frank Robinson. Robinson is in uniform with a white jersey and a baseball cap with what appears to be a bird logo. [May be a Baltimore Orioles uniform as that is who he was playing for in 1966.] Text below image reads, "FRANK ROBINSON / Baseball player / AP News Library 5-15-66." There are cropping registration marks in pencil on top and bottom margins.

Frank RobinsonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson (5/30/2007) Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he became the first player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently sixth).During the last two years of his playing career, he served as the first permanent African-American manager in Major League history, managing the Cleveland Indians to a 186-189 record. He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, the Montreal Expos and the Washington Nationals.

Used: Oakland Tribune

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