Sports & Leisure - Overview
The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.
Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.
"Sports & Leisure - Overview" showing 14 items.
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Baseball, signed by the 1974 Chicago Cubs
- Description (Brief)
- Autographed baseball signed by the 1974 Chicago Cubs. That season the Cubs finished 66-96, 6th in the National League East.
- Autographs include Bill Bonham; Ken Frailing; Carmen Fanzone; Lou Boudreau; Burt Hooten; Billy Williams; Tom Lundstedt; Lou Gonseca; Vic Harris; Jim Tyrone; Horacio Pina; Whitey Lockman; Ray Burris; J.C. Martin; Jerry Morales; Don Kessinger; Andre Thorton.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1974
- signer
- Williams, Billy
- maker
- Spalding
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.068
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.068
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1971 Los Angeles Dogers
- Description (Brief)
- Autographed baseball signed by the 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finsihed 89-73, 2nd in the National League West.
- Signatures include Duke Sims; Jack Creel; Bill Russel; Walter Alston; Bill Buckner; Bob Valentine; Wes Parker; Tom Haller; Steve Garvey; Jim Lefebvre; Claude Osteen; Willie Davis; Carrol Berringer.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1971
- maker
- Worth
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.069
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.069
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1971 San Diego Padres
- Description (Brief)
- Autographed baseball signed by the 1971 San Diego Padres. That season the Padres finished 61-100, last in the National League West.
- Signatures include Garey Jestadt; Dave Campbell; Dave Roberts; Fred Kendall; Larry Stahl; Steve Arlin; Cito Gaston; Don Mason; Ollie Brown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1971
- maker
- Power King
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.070
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.070
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1974 Milwaukee Brewers
- Description
- Baseball signed by members of the 1975 Milwaukee Brewers. That seaons the Brewers finished 76-86, 5th in the American League East.
- Autographs include Del Crandall; Jim Slaton; Harvey Kuenn; Ed Sprague; Johnny Briggs; Don Money; Al Widmar; Bob Coluccio; Tim Johnson; Robin Yount; Jim Colborn; John Vukovich; Bob Hansen; Gorman Thomas; Darrell Porter; Ken Berry.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1974
- maker
- Official League
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.071
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.071
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1975 Chicago Cubs
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the members of the 1975 Chicago Cubs. That season the Cubs finished 75-97, 5th in the National League.
- Autographs include Don Kessinger; Oscar Zampora; Manny Trillo; Rob Sperring; Bill Bonham; George Mitterwald; Vic Harris; Steve Stone; Jim Marshall; Rick Reuschel; Jim Tyrone; Ken Frailing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1975
- associated institution
- Chicago Cubs
- maker
- King
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.074
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.074
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1975 Texas Rangers
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the members of the 1975 Texas Rangers. That year the Rangers finished 79-83, 3rd in the American League West.
- Autographs include Mike Hargrove; Roy Smalley; Jeff Burroughs; Joe Lovitto; Jim Sundberg; Cesar Tovar; Steve Foucault; Bill Hands; Jim Spencer; Clyde Wright; Jackie Brown; Jim Umbarger; Len Randle; Merrill Combs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1975
- maker
- Spalding
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.075
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.075
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1976 Baltimore Orioles
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the members of the 1976 Baltimore Orioles. That year the Orioles went 88-74, 2nd in the American League East.
- Autographs include Dyar Miller; Reggie Jackson; Lee May; Tippy Martinez; Terry Crowley; Brooks Robinson; Paul Blair; Tony Muser; Rick Dempsey; Kenny Singleton; David Duncan; Jim Palmer; Tim Nordbrook; Al Bumbry; Rudy May; Doug DeCinces; Mark Belange ; Earl Weaver; Tom Harper; Bob Bailor; Fred Holdsworth; Wayne Garland; Ross Grimsley; David Pagan; Bob Grich; Miguel Cuellar.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1976
- associated institution
- Baltimore Orioles
- maker
- Stall and Dean
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.078
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.078
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1973 San Diego Padres
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the 1973 San Diego Padres. The Padres went 60-102 that season, finishing 6th in the National League West.
- Autographs include Rich Morales; Steve Arlin; RIck Troedson; Nate Colbert; Ivan Murrell; Bill Greif; Clay Kirby; Dave Roberts; Fred Kendall; Mike Caldwell; Cito Gaston; Don Zimmer; Randy Jones; John Grubb.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1973
- maker
- Spalding
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.079
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.079
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1973 Baltimore Orioles
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1973 Baltimore Orioles. That season the Orioles went 97-64, finishing 1st in the American League East before losing to Oakland in the American League Championship Series.
- Autographs include Jesse Jefferson; Brooks Robinson; Andy Etchebarren; Bob Grich; Earl Weaver; Tom Davis; Don Baylor; Al Bumbry; Paul Blair; Doyle Alexander; Jim Palmer; Frank Baker; Bob Reynolds.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1973
- associated institution
- Baltimore Orioles
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.080
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.080
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Baseball, signed by the 1975 Montreal Expos
- Description
- Autographed baseball signed by the members of the 1975 Montreal Expos. That year the Expos went 75-87, finishing 5th in the National League East.
- Autographs include Chuck Taylor; Don DeMola; Jose Morales; Woodie Fryman; Pete Mackanin; Steve Rogers; John Montague; Steve Renko; Bob Bailey; Gary Carter; Mike Jorgenson; Dennis Blair; Pepe Mangual; Larry Parrish; Dale Murray; Larry Biittner; Pat Scanlon.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1975
- maker
- King
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.081
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.081
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center