BOBBY SIGNED “BOBBY RAY MURCER” ON THE VERSO OF THE CARD!! COMES WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED “LETTER OF PROVENANCE” FROM BOBBY’S SON, TODD MURCER; FROM WORLD-RENOWNED HERITAGE AUCTIONS’ 2016 “ESTATE OF BOBBY MURCER” SALE!! HAILED AS “THE NEXT MICKEY MANTLE”, AS HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES FAN BASE IN 1965, BOBBY RAY CAME TO THAT ASSOCIATION IN MORE WAYS THAN SIMPLY HIS ELITE EARLY TALENT. BORN AND RAISED IN THE “COMMERCE COMET”‘S HOME STATE OF OKLAHOMA, MURCER WAS DISCOVERED BY SCOUT TOM GREENWADE… THE SAME MAN WHO DISCOVERED MICKEY! LIKE MANTLE, HE ALSO MADE THE EARLY SWITCH FROM SHORTSTOP TO CENTERFIELD. LASTLY, IN A BIZARRE COINCIDENCE… MICKEY WAS MANTLE’S ACTUAL LEGAL FIRST NAME (NOT MICHAEL); AS SO WAS MURCER’S REAL LEGAL FIRST NAME BOBBY (NOT ROBERT). WHILE MURCER DID NOT ULTIMATELY JOIN HIS BOYHOOD IDOL IN THE SPORT’S PANTHEON, HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED FIGURES OF HIS BRONX ERA. IN JUNE, 1970, HE JOINED GEHRIG & MANTLE AS YANKEES THAT SLUGGED HOME RUNS IN 4 CONSECUTIVE AT-BATS. BOBBY PLAYED IN THE MAJORS FOR 17 SEASONS, DURING WHICH TIME HE WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM 5 TIMES AND WON A GOLD GLOVE AWARD!! TODAY, MURCER IS PERHAPS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS HEROIC PERFORMANCE IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY: WINNING THE FIRST YANKEES GAME FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL OF HIS TEAMMATE & DEAREST FRIEND THURMAN MUNSON; DOING SO NEARLY SINGLE-HANDEDLY! MURCER’S ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES CONTINUED LONG AFTER HE RETIRED AS A PLAYER… FINDING A HOME IN THEIR BROADCASTING BOOTH FOR NEARLY 2 DECADES ON THE AIR. EVERY YANKEE FAN LOOKED FORWARD TO BOBBY BEING “MIC’ed UP” EACH YEAR FOR HIS LIVE ON-THE-FIELD/IN PLAY BROADCASTING OF THE YANKEES’ OLDTIMERS’ DAY GAME! TRAGICALLY, AFTER WAGING A BRAVE 18 MONTH BATTLE AGAINST AN AGGRESSIVE BRAIN TUMOR, MURCER PASSED AWAY ON JULY 12, 2008 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF ONLY 62. BASEBALL COMMISSIONER BUD SELIG EULOGIZED ALL OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS SADDENED TODAY BY THE PASSING OF BOBBY MURCER, PARTICULARLY ON THE EVE OF THIS HISTORIC ALL-STAR GAME AT YANKEE STADIUM, A PLACE HE CALLED HOME FOR SO MANY YEARS. BOBBY WAS A GENTLEMAN, A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR BASEBALL, AND A TRUE LEADER BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT HEART AND COMPASSION. ALONG WITH OUR 45 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS… ALL OF OUR LISTINGS COME WITH OUR PERSONAL LIFETIME GUARANTEE. PLEASE ENJOY VIEWING OUR COMPLETE STORE INVENTORY. THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US!! The item “YANKEES BOBBY MURCER SIGNED ONE-OF-A-KIND ORIG. PERSONAL AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD” is in sale since Tuesday, June 29, 2021. This item is in the category “Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Autographs-Original\Baseball-MLB\Other Autographed MLB Items”. The seller is “iwouldbuythat” and is located in Long Island, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Uruguay.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Product: SIGNED PERSONAL AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD
- Player: Bobby Ray Murcer
- Sport: Baseball-MLB
- Autograph Authentication: TODD MURCER HERITAGE AUCTIONS
- Signed: Yes
- Team: New York Yankees
- Original/Reprint: Original