- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rudy York
- Date of Original:
- 1966/1969
- Subject:
- Baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Professional athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball uniforms--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball bats--Georgia--Atlanta
Boys--Georgia--Atlanta
York, Rudy, 1913-1970 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Rudy York examines a baseball bat in the late 1960s with three young boys wearing Atlanta Crackers jerseys.
Photograph of baseball player Rudy York examining a baseball bat with three young boys wearing Atlanta Crackers jerseys. York wears a cardigan and a baseball cap.
Raised in the small town of Atco, Georgia, York played major league baseball from 1937 to 1948 (with a brief appearance in late 1934). A seven-time all-star, York spent his most successful years as a first baseman with the Detroit Tigers. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/rudy-york-1913-1970/m-8608/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph from Collection of Bartow History Center, Cartersville
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/rudy-york-1913-1970
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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