James Naismith "Inventor of Basketball" Circa 1933 Original TYPE I Photo PSA/DNA Baseball Non-HOF Autographs After he achieved many a

After he achieved many a young boy's dream by becoming the Pirates' first radio broadcaster in 1936

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Van Oeyen retired in the 1930s and left behind an unparalleled visual archive before his death in 1946

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