1955 Topps AUTOGRAPHED Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin
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Auction is for the above shown card...a 1955 Topps AUTOGRAPHED card of the great Baseball Hall of Famer, Monte Irvin.Autograph is guaranteed to be 100% authentic as are all my autographs!Shipping is only $1.99 for as many auctions as you win so keep bidding and keep winning!!!Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (born February 25, 1919) is a former left fielder and right-handed batter in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played with the Newark Eagles (1938-42, 46-48), New York Giants (1949-55) and Chicago Cubs (1956).Although born in Haleburg, Alabama , Irvin grew up in Orange, New Jersey , one of five players who grew up in the Garden State to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . In high school, he starred in four sports and set a state record in the javelin throw . Monte Irvin attended Lincoln University and was a star football player.Irvin was one of the first black players to be signed after baseball's color line was broken by Jackie Robinson in 1947. He fashioned a career of dual excellence both with the Eagles in the Negro leagues, where he was a teammate of Larry Doby , the first player to break the color barrier in the American League , and with the Giants in the National League . After hitting in the Negro leagues for high marks of .422 and .396 (1940-41), Irvin led the Mexican League with a .397 batting average
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