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

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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

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Olympic diving champion Sammy Lee giving diving exhibition in 1951. Baseball game between Pittsburgh and St. Louis in August 1960. Football game between New York and Cleveland, 1961. Jim Brown stars. Hank Greenberg playing last baseball game for Detroit in May 1941 before joining the Army. Greenberg hits home run and talks with manager. Greenberg being sworn into Army with other recruits.

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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...

Brown, Jim

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R.C. "Jim" Brown was born on 15 April 1912 in Yelverton, OH. He received his B.A. in 1934 from the University of Dayton, where he was president of the Dayton Advertising Club and a member of the fraternity Chi Alpha Phi. On 21 November 1936 he married Ruth Carothers Johnson. He eventually served as copy group head for Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO), and later as creative director for Bermingham, Castleman & Pierce, Inc., both in New York City. During 1940-1941, he served as pre...