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Jim Thorpe and Ted Williams Photograph (PSA Type I)
<p>Pictured are two real idols. In this Type I 7.5" x 9" black and white photo, Ted Williams, the last man to ever hit .400, poses with Jim Thorpe, an outfielder with the New York Giants who hit .252 lifetime. Of course, the great Jim Thorpe was famous for two other sports, Olympic track and field - and college and pro football. Baseball was his third sport. Williams was a large man. at 6' 3" and 205 pounds. but as for impact, he was even larger than life. The outfielder hit .344 lifetime with 521 home runs, despite having missed a total of almost five seasons of play because of two combat stints in the Marine Corps, during World War II and then the Korean Conflict. Jim Thorpe was an All-<span style="font-size: 10pt;">American back at Carlisle and played in the pros for years on numerous teams. In the 1912 Olympics in </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Stockholm, Sweden. Thorpe won two Gold Medals. These medals were later rescinded because Thorpe had played professional baseball with a minor league team while he was a star athlete at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The photo has a small tear on the lower right side. The verbiage on the reverse of the photo reads, "Boston: Seldom does the camera have a chance to capture the profiles of two famous American athletes - especially when the two stars shone a generation apart. Ted Williams (Right), Boston Red Sox outfielder, shares the reflection of fame and top performance with Jim Thorpe, regarded by many as the greatest athlete of all time, in the unusual camera impression. The two men are appearing at the Boston Sportsmen's Show." Graded PSA Authentic.</span></p>
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