Tyrus Raymond Cobb - Anniston, AL
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Markerman62
N 33° 39.430 W 085° 49.620
16S E 608760 N 3724761
Located on East 10th Street at Quintard Avenue (AL 21), Anniston
Waymark Code: WM15Y3C
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2022
Views: 1
In 1904, 18 year old Tyrus Raymond Cobb lived in a boarding house on this site while playing minor league baseball for the Anniston Steelers. From nearby Scarbrough Drug Store on Noble Street he wrote letters, using fictitious names, to sports writer Grantland Rice, describing what a great baseball player Cobb was in Anniston. These letters resulted in a scout from the Detroit Tiger organization coming to Anniston and discovering Ty Cobb, who became the greatest baseball player of all time.
Marker Name: Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Calhoun County Commission & the City of Anniston.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2009
Marker Number: Not listed
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