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14 Tommy John Sports Achievement and Community Service Awards – 3 Signed.
Lot 125. 14 Tommy John Sports Achievement and Community Service Awards – 3 Signed. Key awards presented to John include a Gillette Special Award for his contributions to baseball and the 1996 Mickey Mantle Community Service Award. The latter award, represented by a 12.5 plate inscribed with John’s name and other information, was presented by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Health System and the Brooklyn Sports Foundation. The Gillette award consists of a 7.25” cup, possibly silver plated, that measures 4.25” across and rests on a 3.75” wood block. Another award recognizes John’s return from eponymous elbow surgery. In 1977, the Friars Club (Orange County, CA) named John the Dodgers’ “Comeback Player of the Year,” an honor noted on the back of an ex robe. Nine years later, John served as master of ceremonies for the First Friday Friars Sports Luncheon. For his effort, he received a figurine of a pudgy 3.5” friar on a 2.5” wood stand. John grew up in Terra Haute, IN, and in 1973, the city approved a proclamation designating Nov. 25 “Tommy John Recognition Day.” The 8.5” x 11” proclamation has three tears along the right edge. Accompanying the proclamation is a 3” x 3.25” x 5.75” replica of the handsome Tommy John Award, presented annually to the Vigo County Babe Ruth League Champion (Terre Haute). John autographed three of the awards he received: a 7” x 9” “A Friend of the X-Agents” plaque in 1991 from the Society of Former Special (FBI) Agents (signed on the back); a 9” x 12” plaque “in appreciation of your Christian stand on and off the field” from Nazarene Youth International and a 7” x 9” plaque in 1992 from the Palm Beach County Alzheimer’s Association “for your support of Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers.” The signatures on these three plaques are mint 9. Kevin Keating authenticated them. The Northern New Jersey Chapter of the X-Agents gave John a certificate of appreciation. John also received: a congratulatory proclamation in 1976 from Brea, CA, for being named UPI’s N.L. “Comeback Player of the Year” (8.5” x 14”, folded); a 2006 certificate framed to 13.75” x 16.5” for “extraordinary commitment and dedication to the eradication of ALS”; a 6.75” award with a batter presented to John by a fan, and a wood 15.5” key presented by Johnson City in 1992 for the Common Health Games – RehabPlus.
Winning Bid $75.
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