Old Timers Baseball Cubs
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A baseball game featuring Cubs Old Timers vs. Hall of Famers on June 25, 1977.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Billy Williams (participant); Hank Sauer (participant); Buck Leonard (participant); Lloyd Waner (participant); Bob Feller (participant); Billy Herman (participant); Lou Boudreau (participant); Warren Spahn (participant); Monte Irvin (participant); Freddie Lindstrom (participant); Luke Appling (participant); Lefty Gomez (actor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: Opening footage shows players as they warm up for an afternoon “Old Timers” game played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Players sign autographs for fans and queue up behind a microphone to announce themselves to the crowd. The film concludes with footage of fans taking photographs and receiving autographs.; Featured players include Cubs Old Timer Billy Williams, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987; Cubs Old Timer Hank Sauer; Homestead Grays Hall of Famer Buck Leonard; Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Lloyd “Little Poison” Waner; Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer Bob Feller; Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Herman; Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer and Chicago Cubs broadcaster Lou Boudreau; Milwaukee Braves Hall of Famer Warren Spahn; New York Giants Hall of Famer Monte Irvin; Chicago White Sox Hall of Famer Luke Appling; New York Giants Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom; and New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez.
Subjects: Athletes; Baseball; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team); Games; Older people
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 250 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11785
Notes: Opening footage shows players as they warm up for an afternoon “Old Timers” game played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Players sign autographs for fans and queue up behind a microphone to announce themselves to the crowd. The film concludes with footage of fans taking photographs and receiving autographs.; Featured players include Cubs Old Timer Billy Williams, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987; Cubs Old Timer Hank Sauer; Homestead Grays Hall of Famer Buck Leonard; Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Lloyd “Little Poison” Waner; Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer Bob Feller; Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Herman; Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer and Chicago Cubs broadcaster Lou Boudreau; Milwaukee Braves Hall of Famer Warren Spahn; New York Giants Hall of Famer Monte Irvin; Chicago White Sox Hall of Famer Luke Appling; New York Giants Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom; and New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez.
Subjects: Athletes; Baseball; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team); Games; Older people
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 250 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11785
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:13