Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Spanaway Baseball Club, 1956

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2001.27.08

Description

Members of the 1956 Spanaway Baseball Club takes a team photo at Cheney Field. Throughout the 1950s, the Spanaway Baseball Club was a contender for the title in the Tacoma City League. They were loaded with talent. Over the years, Jim Rediske was a solid shortstop for this Spanaway team, robbing batters of singles with his vacuum glove and his strong throwing arm. Ray Brammer coached the Spanaway teams from 1956 to 1959. The players on this 1956 Spanaway Baseball Club team are from the back row, L-R: Frank Failey, Art Thiel, Ted Harris, Ray Brammer, Bob Kuper, Buzz Eley. Front Row: L-R. Gray Justice, Gene Reardon, Jim Leap, Howard Davis, Jim Rediske, Dick Hansch

Made/Created

Date made

1956 - 1957

Place

Location

Cheney Field, Tacoma, WA

Lexicon

Search Terms

Baseball, Recreational

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Person or Organization

Failey, Frank

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Thiel, Art

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Harris, Ted

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Brammer, Ray

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Kuper, Bob

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Eley, Buzz

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Justice, Gary

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Reardon, Gene

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Leap, Jim

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Davis, Howard

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Rediske, Jim

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Hansch, Dick

Person or Organization

Spanaway Baseball Club