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Lynn Nelson
Lynn Bernard Nelson (February 24, 1905 – February 15, 1955) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1933 to 1940 for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, and Detroit Tigers. Nelson was good with the bat, posting a .281 batting average (baseball), batting average (103-for-367) with 42 run (baseball), runs, 5 home runs and 55 Run batted in, RBI in 268 games. He also played 6 games at left field. External links Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Philadelphia Athletics players Detroit Tigers players Burlington Bees players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Lincoln Links players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Seattle Indians players Atlanta Crackers players Memphis Chickasaws players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Syracuse Chiefs players Baseball players from North Dakota People from Ransom County, North Dakota 1905 births 1955 deaths {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goudey
The Goudey Gum Company was an American chewing gum company started in 1919. The company was founded by Enos Gordon Goudey (1863–1946) of Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia. Formerly an employee of Beemans gum, Beemans, he opened a factory in Boston, Massachusetts in 1919 and later in Allston, Massachusetts, Allston. It operated there from 1924 until it closed in 1962. Goudey sold the business in 1932 but he retained an interest as a consultant. On his retirement in 1933, William Wrigley Jr. dubbed him the "penny gum king of America". Today the Goudey name is mainly associated with its collectible baseball cards which were introduced in 1933. Goudey was the first American company to issue baseball cards with each stick of gum (they had been available with cigarettes and certain lines of candy for many years).J. Ernest Kerr, ''Imprint of the Maritimes'', 1959, Boston: Christopher Publishing, p. 107 Goudey baseball cards Most of the unreleased cards, printing plates, and company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
