Kings of the diamond manuscript 1965 Lee Allen, Tom Meany. c.1965.

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Kings of the diamond manuscript 1965 Lee Allen, Tom Meany. c.1965.

This is the manuscript to the published book with the same title, given to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by Lee Allen in 1965. This is a compilation of biographical sketches of those baseball players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Each chapter is grouped by position then managers, umpires and officials.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, honoring those who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport. The Hall's motto is "Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations." Cooperstown is often used as shorthand (or a metonym) for the ...

Meany, Tom, 1903-1964

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A teenager fresh out of St. John's Prep in Brooklyn, Tom Meany was recruited to write for the new Brooklyn edition of the New York Journal in 1922. The following year he earned a byline in the Brooklyn Daily Times as he covered the Dodgers. Over the years, Meany's sportswriting career saw stops at numerous papers including the New York Telegram,later the World-Telegram, New York Star, Morning Telegraph, as well as magazines such as PM and Collier's. A gifted writer with a thick Brooklyn accent, ...

Allen, Lee, 1915-1969.

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