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- 1967 St. Louis Cardinals Team Photo - Members of the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series championship team along with other major league players autographed this photograph. The photo belonged to the Cardinal's Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood. A few years after this championship victory, Flood challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- 1967
- Collections - Artifact
1967 St. Louis Cardinals Team Photo
Members of the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series championship team along with other major league players autographed this photograph. The photo belonged to the Cardinal's Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood. A few years after this championship victory, Flood challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- Portrait of Orlando Cepeda, Inscribed to Curt Flood in 1985 - Future Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda inscribed this photograph to "a very special friend", Curt Flood. Cepeda and Flood had played on the St. Louis Cardinals' 1967 World Series championship team. A few years later, Flood refused to be traded and challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- 1958-1966
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Orlando Cepeda, Inscribed to Curt Flood in 1985
Future Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda inscribed this photograph to "a very special friend", Curt Flood. Cepeda and Flood had played on the St. Louis Cardinals' 1967 World Series championship team. A few years later, Flood refused to be traded and challenged baseball's Reserve Clause -- a team's right to restrict the movement of players and to control player salaries. His actions eventually led to today's free agency.
- Curt Flood's Program for St. Louis Baseball Writers Association of America Awards Dinner, 1987 - In 1987, the St. Louis Chapter of the Baseball Writers of America honored the 1967 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Teammates who attended signed this program belonging to Cardinals' all-star centerfielder Curt Flood. In 1969, Flood had challenged Major League Baseball's long-standing reserve clause in court. Though he lost, his stand for players' rights eventually led to today's free agency.
- January 20, 1987
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Curt Flood's Program for St. Louis Baseball Writers Association of America Awards Dinner, 1987
In 1987, the St. Louis Chapter of the Baseball Writers of America honored the 1967 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Teammates who attended signed this program belonging to Cardinals' all-star centerfielder Curt Flood. In 1969, Flood had challenged Major League Baseball's long-standing reserve clause in court. Though he lost, his stand for players' rights eventually led to today's free agency.