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Lot # 1075: 1923 Hinkey Haines New York Yankees Player Contract (PSA)

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "2024 Summer Classic",
which ran from 6/9/2024 12:00 PM to
6/29/2024 10:00 PM



Displayed is a 1923 Hinky Haines Uniform Player's Contract with the New York Yankees. Henry "Hinky" Haines was the only athlete to have won a professional championship in both baseball and football. He was a member of the 1923 New York Yankees World Champions as an outfielder, and the 1927 New York Football Giants NFL Champions. Haines was an All-American in both baseball and football at Penn State University. He only played one season in the Major Leagues, with the Yankees. He was mostly used as a defensive replacement and pinch-runner. He batted .160. He played professional football as a back with the New York Giants (1925-28) and the Staten Island Stapletons (1929 & '31). He was also the head coach of the Stapletons in '31. The offered signed contract is four pages measuring 8.5x11". Haines' salary was $800.00 a month. Haines neatly signed as H.L. Haines, in black or blue fountain ink. Signing for the Yankees was Jacob Ruppert, also neatly signing in blue or black fountain ink. the contract was dated as March 3, 1923, and American League President Ban Johnson signed the contract in black fountain ink on March 12, 1923. The contract was at one point folded in sixths for mailing and the folds remain. On the top of the first page an unknown hand has written "Haines 1923" in black fountain ink. A number of partial tears along the fold lines are evident. These tears average about 1.3 inches in length. The contract has a stamped New York Yankees seal. Parts of the contract show fading and uneven coloration from the passage of years. The contract comes with a PSA/DNA LOA.

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