Duke Snider Signed Autographed Brooklyn Dodgers Vintage Team Jersey

Duke Snider Signed Autographed Brooklyn Dodgers Vintage Team Jersey Size Large Duke Snider (1926–2011), famously nicknamed the “Duke of Flatbush,†was one of the greatest center fielders of his generation and a legendary figure in Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers history. Snider spent 16 of his 18 Major League seasons with the Dodgers and became a cornerstone of the powerful Brooklyn teams of the 1950s.An eight-time All-Star, Snider was one of baseball’s premier power hitters, becoming the only player to hit 40 or more home runs in each season from 1953 through 1957. He finished his career with 407 home runs, 2,116 hits, and 1,333 RBIs. Snider helped lead the Dodgers to six World Series appearances and two championships, including Brooklyn’s historic 1955 World Series victory over the New York Yankees, the franchise’s first championship.Snider was part of New York baseball’s celebrated trio of Hall of Fame center fielders alongside Willie Mays of the Giants and Mickey Mantle of the Yankees. After the Dodgers moved west, he continued his career in Los Angeles before finishing with the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. His No. 4 was retired by the Dodgers, and Snider was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980, cementing his place among the most celebrated players in Dodgers history. Excellent condition. Age related wear. This Collection is offered with the personal guarantee of the consignor, Richard Andrews, who assembled it directly from the athletes over many years of collecting. Approximately ninety percent (90%) of the autographed items in this Collection were personally signed by the athlete in Mr. Andrews' presence. The remaining items were obtained from reputable auction sites.Mr. Andrews affirms that, to the best of his personal knowledge, no item in this Collection has been falsified, altered, re-signed, or misrepresented, and that the details provided for each item are accurate andbased on his own first-hand experience obtaining the autograph. Mr. Andrews began collecting baseball cards in the late 1950’s and continued into the early 1990’s. He befriended several promoters of sports card shows in the mid-1980’s, and this is how he came to know the athletes and obtain the majority of the autographs in his collection. In assisting with the aforementioned sports card shows, he was able to meet and spend personal time with many of his childhood baseball heroes, including Mickey Mantle, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, and many others.As added assurance, Crafted Auctions will accept the return of any item in this Collection if the buyer obtains a documented “not authentic†determination from PSA/DNA, JSA, or Beckett within one hundredtwenty (120) days of purchase. The item must be returned in the same condition in which it was received, accompanied by the authenticator's written determination, for a full refund of the purchase price. Additionally, by appointment, Mr. Andrews will make himself available to share with any buyer additional specific details of any item in the Collection that is being offered at auction.