1911 · Former Collection
1911 T206 Chick Gandil (Cycle back)
- Issue
- T206
- Year
- 1911
- Variation
- Cycle back
- Subject
- Chick Gandil
- Grade
- SGC AUTH
- Cert #
- 8798329
- Population
- 3 at this grade (per Card Ladder)
Why the player matters
Chick Gandil
The hard-nosed first baseman generally regarded as the players' organizer of the fix. Gandil approached Boston bookmaker Sport Sullivan, recruited teammates, and acted as paymaster during the Series — handing out what little of the promised money actually arrived. He did not return to the White Sox in 1920. Indicted and tried with the others in 1921, he was acquitted by the jury and banned for life by Landis the following day. He never played another major-league game.
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