BOBBY THOMSON - COMMEMORATIVE CACHET SIGNED - HFSID 282957

BOBBY THOMSON
Signed printed card with a 2¼x2¾ color fabric illustration of the All-Star. He hit the "shot heard 'round the world" that won the New York Giants the National League pennant in 1951.
Commemorative Cachet Signed: "Bobby Thomson" in blue ink. 4x6 card with a 2¼x2¾ color fabric illustration affixed. Titled in gold-colored and black ink: "ALL STAR SPORTS SERIES/5th ANNUAL NATIONAL/SPORTS COLLECTORS CONVENTION". Illustration is captioned: "Bobby Thomson". Postmarked 5th Annual National Sports Collectors Convention Station, Parsippany, New Jersey, Aug. 12, 1984. One 13-cent color Olympic stamp affixed in bottom right corner. Thomson (1923-2010) hit what is perhaps the most famous home run in baseball history. His dramatic "shot heard 'round the world" on Oct. 3, 1951, a three-run, ninth-inning homer off Brooklyn pitcher Ralph Branca, capped the Giants' historic comeback to win the National League pennant (and compelled radio announcer Russ Hodges to give the equally famous call "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"). Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1923, the Staten Island Scot hit 24 or more homers six times in his seven full seasons with the Giants. Thomson had a comeback season for the Cubs in 1958, when he hit 21 homers and collected 82 RBI while batting .283. In 1969, Thomson was named to the Giants' all-time outfield. Lightly toned and bowed. Signature touches postmark. Otherwise, fine condition.