Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/18/2025
Publishing his first paid hockey article in a New York Rangers game program in 1970 that earned him a total of fifty ($50) dollars, from there, Frank Brown began his career as a journalist for The Associated Press, typically covering the Montreal Canadiens. Under the leadership of Stan Fischler, Brown stated he learned the "courage of my convictions" after being handed Gordie Howe's phone number. Moving on to the New York Daily News in 1980, where he would remain until 1998, when he joined the National Hockey League as a communication executive, a position he would hold with the league until his retirement in 2018. Awarded the 2019 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame, offered here from his personal collection, we present this grouping of various tennis and golf press passes/accreditations that date from the 1970s to the 2000s. Found in a variety of styles and sizes with numerous events and years present throughout the collection, included for the tennis events are passes and accreditations from the 1973, 1974 and 1984 US Open ("Press A" and "Photo A" pinback buttons) plus additional US Opens from 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2001, tickets and additional passes from the US Open events in 1987, 1988, 1992 and 2006 are also present and accounted for. Also sporting tennis tickets and passes from the 1978 Invitational at Forest Hills, 1991 Hamlet Cup, 1992 Hamlet Cup, 1993 Hamlet Cup and 1994 Hamlet Cup, the lot concludes with golf tickets from the Championship Sunday session of the 2009 U.S. Open and the Thursday, Friday and Saturday rounds of the 2008 Masters. All presenting in overall good condition or better and showing light wear from use and handling, the lot comes accompanied by a Classic Auctions LOA.
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