1919–21 W514 Swede Risberg #105
One of very few cards of Risberg made during his career.
- Issue
- 1919–21 W514 Strip Cards
- Year
- 1919-21
- Number
- #105
- Subject
- Swede Risberg
- Grade
- SGC 2.5
- Cert #
- 7115118
1919–21 W514 Strip Cards
Crudely drawn, blank-backed cards sold in strips at candy, grocery and drug stores and cut apart by hand, which is why no two have the same edges. At 120 cards, W514 is the largest and best-known strip set, and its 1919–21 issue dates line up exactly with the Black Sox scandal. It includes seven of the eight banned White Sox (all but Fred McMullin) plus manager Kid Gleason, and for players like Swede Risberg and Lefty Williams it is one of very few cards made during their careers.
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Gandil's chief ally among the players and the fix's enforcer on the infield. Risberg hit just .080 in the 1919 Series and was among the most defiant afterward about his involvement. Playing-days cards of him are scarce; the W514 strip issue is one of the few period pieces that names him. Acquitted in the 1921 criminal trial, banned for life by Landis the next day. He never returned to Organized Baseball.
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