August 6, 2015: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2015
This lot features a very rare signed, typed letter from Eddie Roman on City College stationary. Roman led City College to two championships in 1949 and 1950 and was later involved in a conspiracy to fix games, before dying of leukemia in 1988. Roman signed the letter in red ink at the bottom. He states in part, "My friends and I used to practice day and night, in snow, in rain, our (sp) in any other type of weather. I really owe my rapid development in the game to the long hours I spent practicing earnestly. I never played basketball 'till my sophomore year in high school." Also included is a Observation Post newspaper page dated March 10, 1950, which pictures the team and includes Roman's signature above his image. PSA/DNA ruled inconclusive on the signature due to lack of exemplars, but we are confident in the provenance from our Long Island consignor.
1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal Signed Group with Ed Roman, etc.
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