You are bidding on an autographed 6x8 typed letter by Curt Flood plus an original George Brace 8x10 Photo , .... JSA COA..........Note that items with COAs come with individual COAs, sticker usually on back of item. I do not accept "Best Offer". Prices are reduced every 30 days until the item sells. Thanks for understanding this policy!
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Curtis Charles Flood (January 18, 1938 – January 20, 1997) was an American professional baseball player and activist.[1][2][3] He was a center fielder who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Redlegs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators. Flood was a three-time All-Star, a Gold Glove winner for seven consecutive seasons, and batted over .300 in six seasons.[4] He led the National League (NL) in hits (211) in 1964 and in singles, 1963, 1964, and 1968. Flood also led the National League in putouts as center fielder four times and in fielding percentage as center fielder three times. He retired with the third most games in center field (1683) in NL history, trailing Willie Mays and Richie Ashburn.
Flood became one of the pivotal figures in the sport's labor history when he refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season, ultimately appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.[5] Although his legal challenge was unsuccessful, it brought about additional solidarity among players as they fought against baseball's reserve clause and sought free agency.
The longest-running operation of all the great early photographers,
George Burke and George Brace covered baseball in one form or another for the
better part of the 20th century—from 1929 to the 1990s. Their tenure had an
auspicious beginning, to say the least. In 1929, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy and
catcher Gabby Hartnett sought out the ballclub’s previous photographer. They
could only remember his last name, Burke, so they looked him up in the phone
book. A listing leapt out at them: studio photographer George C. Burke, whose
office was located near Wrigley Field. Thus began the baseball photography
career of George Burke, who had no prior sports experience, and thus ended the
career of photographer Francis Burke—the Cubs’ time-honored official cameraman
and an unwitting victim of mistaken identity.
George Burke hired a young, baseball-knowledgeable
assistant named George Brace, and the two soon became a
In 1948, Burke suffered a heart attack. Brace
carried on the business for several years in order to offset his partner’s
medical expenses. Then, upon Burke’s death in 1951, Brace reduced his
commitment from a job to an all-encompassing hobby. Though no longer their
official photographer, he was still allowed full access by the Cubs and Sox
organizations. It was a privilege he would maintain up until his death, a
half-century later. With the exception of time spent as a
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