Earle Combs signed Baseball Hall of Fame plaque postcard N.Y. Yankees '24-'35

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Official Baseball Hall of Fame plaque postcard picturing and personally autographed by New York Yankees outfielder Earle Combs. A COA from Hudson Valley Autographs accompanies this item and shipping and insurance is .
Earle Combs
(May 14, 1899 – July 21, 1976) was anAmerican
professional baseball
player who playedhis entire career for the
New York Yankees
(1924–1935).Combs batted leadoff and played
center field
onthe Yankees' fabled 1927 team (often referred to as
Murderers' Row
).He is one of six players on that team who have been inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame
; the other five are
Waite Hoyt
,
Herb Pennock
,
Tony Lazzeri
,
Lou Gehrig
and
Babe Ruth
.
Combsled the league in
triples
three times and was among the topten in the category in several other seasons. He suffered a fractured skull andother injuries from a crash into an outfield wall in 1934, then retired afteranother injury the next season. Nicknamed "the Kentucky Colonel",Combs was known as a gentleman on and off the field. He remained in baseball asa coach for many years after his retirement as a player.
Combs was selected for induction into the Hall of Famein 1970
.