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Classic Sports Card of The Day

17 Dec

1966 Topps baseball card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former major league first baseman Donn Clendenon. Clendenon played 12 years in the big leagues, starting with the Pirates, then was picked by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 expansion draft. In June of 1969, he was traded to the New York Mets, and was a major part of the Amazin’ Mets shocking World Series win that year, winning the Series MVP Award. Clendenon became a lawyer in Dayton, Ohio after retiring. He died of leukemia in 2005.

 

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