Tyrus Raymond Cobb - Anniston, AL
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N 33° 39.432 W 085° 49.622
16S E 608757 N 3724765
Sign describes the former location of the boarding house (now a Wells Fargo Bank) where the young Ty Cobb got his start in baseball and became the great ball player.
Waymark Code: WMWB48
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2017
Views: 3
Sign text:
In 1904, 18 year old Tyrus Raymond Cobb lived in a boarding house on this site while playing minor league baseball for the Anniston Steelers. From nearby Scarbrough Drug Store on Noble Street he wrote letters, using fictitious names, to sports writer Grantland Rice, describing what a great baseball player Cobb was in Anniston. These letters resulted in a scout from the Detroit Tiger organization coming to Anniston and discovering Ty Cobb, who became the greatest baseball player of all time.
Group that erected the marker: the Calhoun County Commission & the City of Anniston.
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1000 Quintard Avenue
Anniston, AL USA
36201
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