OldStuffFan
@FCIty24604
A 1970s teenager who โค๏ธ history, nostalgia, old movies/TV, aviation, baseball & football from back in the day. ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ผ๐โ๏ธ๐ฅ๐บโ๏ธโพ๏ธ๐ #DJT47
"It was eleven weeks between the time Jackie Robinson and I came into the majors. Eleven weeks. Come on. Whatever happened to him happened to me." Larry Doby In 1945, stationed on Ulithi, volcanic atoll in Caroline Islands between Guam and Philippines. Seven-time All-Starโฆ
โuncontrolled fits of anger, aggression, and cheerfulnessโฆโ
โHey whitey, whereโs your hat?โ CADDYSHACK (1980) #RodneyDangerfield
Nearly all the Extras in this famous scene were French expatriates & so the tears shed during the singing of โLa Marseillaiseโ were real as the fate of France during filming was entirely uncertain. CASABLANCA (1942)
At Comiskey Park, the Yanks are ahead 16-5 when a dog enters left field. Babe Ruth briefly interacts with the pup, then tosses his mitt to scare it off. The dog seizes the mitt and dashes off at the same time Sox pitcher Paul Castner sends a fly to left. Babe catches the flyโฆ
Memorable Athletes From the Past #Raiders #HOF #NFL #nostalgia
Incredible colourised (and all these years on still shocking) film of the HINDENBURG DISASTER - NEW JERSEY in 1937.
So this was true. Footage from Rudy Giuliani.
Gutfeld went the fuck off on Tardlov ๐คฃ ๐๐ผ @greggutfeld
Harland Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, before founding his restaurant. Here, Sanders is 34 years old. 1914.
In the 1991 NPB Draft, Orix BlueWave scout Katsutoshi Miwada begged his team to select a high school outfielder from Nagoya named Ichiro Suzuki with the first pick of the 4th round. They eventually relented. 34 years later, he became the first NPB and MLB Hall of Famer
FINISHED: My take on the 1975 Topps George Brett, made from cut common baseball cards. The last slide has a common thrown on there to show the scale. 20โ x 28โ; Sold.