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DIXIE DEAN 1936 REPLICA MEDAL
WITH LIMITED EDITION CERTIFICATE
VERY GOOD QUALITY SILVER COLOURED MEDAL WITH GOLD COLOURED SHIELD TO FRONT
THE LIVERPOOL NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE – Div 2 Winners 1936
Liverpool Caledonians
In 1928, Dixie Dean scored his famous sixtieth goal. Across the Atlantic baseballs Babe Ruth had also hit sixty a year earlier.
These two stars met twice, once in person and once in the record books.
Babe meets Dixie
In 1934 Babe came to England and met Dixie on a visit to White Hart Lane, seldom have two chronic record beaters been so close. As Dixie shook the Bambinos hand they began to chew the sporting cud. A 1977 interview with journalist John Roberts allows us to be flies on the dressing room wall. .
Gee, youll get some cash today, Ruth told Dixie.
When Dixie told Ruth that he got paid just 8 a week, Ruth looked back with wide eyed and slack jawed disbelief.
Jesus Christ, spluttered the Bambino. Id demand two thirds of this gate!
Ruth ,who earned almost 20% of Yankee payroll compared to Deans 3 percent later declared:
What a racket! Whats the chances of me buying into one of those football clubs?
Two greats, who in the space of a year broke records by reaching sixty
(Source : Written by Ed Bottomley www.dixies60.com )
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