GRANTLAND RICE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: O. B. "POP" KEELER, FRANCIS J. POWERS - HFSID 283658
Price: $1,000.00
SPORTS WRITERS: GRANTLAND RICE, O. B. KEELER and
FRANCIS J. POWERS
This rare b/w photograph is signed by three sports writers, including two celebrated
writers from the Atlanta Journal: Grantland Rice, a modern pioneer of sports journalism
who nicknamed Notre Dame's 1924 offensive backfield the "Four Horsemen"; and O. B.
Keeler, who chronicled the life and career of golfing legend Bobby Jones. Also signed by
football and golf writer Francis J. Powers, who signed this photo to Keeler.
Inscribed photograph signed "For 'Pop' a real/champion/Francis J. Power", "Always your
friend/O.B.Keeler" and "Grantland Rice". B/w, 9¾x7¾ overall, 9½x9¼ image, one surface.
"Pop" was Keeler's nickname. Considered a pioneer of modern sports journalism, RICE
(1890-1954), born Henry Grantland Rice, was the first U. S. newspaperman to gain fame
by writing about sports. Credited with the popular phrase "It's not whether you won or
lost, but how you played the game" and nicknaming Notre Dame's 1924 offensive
backfield the "Four Horsemen" after an upset win over Army, Rice covered the careers of
such legendary sports greats as Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden, Helen Wills. His
column The Sportlight was nationally syndicated in 1930, and Rice also produced
documentaries and wrote books about sports, including one about his favorite sport of all,
The Duffer's Handbook of Golf (1926). Newspaper journalist KEELER (1882-1977), born
Oscar Bane Keeler, was a sports writer at the Atlanta Journal, now the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution. He was also an authority on golf, having covered over 80 major golf
tournaments. Keeler was a close friend of golfing legend Bobby Jones, the first man to win
golf's Grand Slam in 1930. He saw a 14 year-old Jones win his first big tournament, the
1916 Georgia State Amateur, and was the only reporter to witness all 13 of his major
championships, including his Grand Slam wins of 1930. Keeler co-wrote Jones' authorized
biography, Bobby Jones Story, with fellow Journal sports writer Grantland Rice. He also
contributed to the short film series How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones and How to Break 90.
Sports writer POWERS (1895-1977) specialized in football and golf. He wrote for several
newspapers in Dayton, Ohio and Cleveland from 1916 to 1929 before joining Chicago
Consolidated Press (1929-1954). He was later public relations director for college football's
East-West Shrine game (1955-1975). Lightly toned, cracked, silvered, creased and bowed.
Light chipping at top edge. Light scratches (not visible head-on) and scuff marks on image.
Lightly soiled and discolored on verso (no show-through). Otherwise in fine condition.
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