Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Selected scenes of past and present sport personalities

Greenberg, Hank, 1911-1986

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Henry Benjamin Greenberg (born Hyman Greenberg; January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", or "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Detroit Tigers as a first baseman in the 1930s and 1940s. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a two-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award winner, he was one of the premier power hitters of his generation and is wid...

Louis, Joe, "Brown Bomber", 1914-1981

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Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), known professionally as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights. The 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles in 1950, was a challenge ...

Chicago Bears (Football team)

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The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The franchise was founded in Decatur, Illinois, on September 17, 1920 and moved to Chicago in 1921; it is one of only two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding in 1920. The team was originally named the Decatur Staleys and after their move to Chicago it was changed to the Chicago Staleys. In 1922 owner George Halas changed the name to the Bears....

Brown, Jimmy

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Maris, Roger, 1934-1985

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Roger Maris played for the Cleveland Indians (1957-1958), the Kansas City Athletics (1958-1959), the New York Yankees (1960-1966) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1967-1968). From the description of Letter, 1961, October 2. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 49562526 Born at Hibbing, Minn. His family moved to Fargo; Maris graduated from Shanley High School in 1952. Played minor league baseball for Cleveland Indians (Ohio), entered major league baseball in 1957...

Yankee Stadium (New York, N.Y. : 1923-2009)

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Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 2008. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team from 1956 through the first part of the 1973–74 football season. The stadium is nicknamed "The House That Ruth Built" since baseball superstar Babe Ruth's prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning hi...

Mazeroski, Bill

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...