Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1548

Description

John O’Connell, left, Andy Gilbert, Gov. Albert Rosellini, Bill Gazecki, Harry McCarthy and Don Hill attend the Tacoma Athletic Commission’s 1960 Washington Sports Hall of Fame banquet. A place card shows a spot reserved for another special guest, all-star baseball player Maury Wills. O’Connell, born in Tacoma, served three terms as Washington’s attorney general. Andy Gilbert was manager of the Tacoma Giants. Albert Rosellini was Washington’s governor, 1957-65. Bill Gazecki was a Tacoma businessman who supported local sports and launched an animal shelter. Harry McCarthy was ticket manager for the Tacoma Giants. Don Hill was a longtime Tacoma broadcaster who was the play-by-play voice of the Tacoma Giants and Tacoma Cubs.

Made/Created

Date made

1960 - 1961

Lexicon

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Hall of Fame, Professional/Semi-Pro, Baseball

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O'Connell, John

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Gilbert, Andy

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Rosellini, Albert

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Gazecki, Bill

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McCarthy, Harry

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Hill, Don

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Wills, Maury

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Tacoma Athletic Commission

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Washington Sports Hall of Fame