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Old 09-05-2012, 12:47 PM   #335
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Jim Gleeson 1957

Most of the images I've seen of Gleeson's one year as a Yankees coach, in 1964 (Gleeson spent most of his post-playing career as a minor league manager or a scout, not coaching) are in black and white, including the one in the Coaches' Pack. Certainly, I haven't seen any color images as nice as these two from the Topps archive:

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By the way, guess how old Gleeson is here? 80? 70? Nope, 52. Fifty-TWO. Jeez, I hope my face doesn't look like that in three years…

Oh, and here's Gleeson's only other big-league coaching role, with the 1957 Athletics:

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He wasn't looking so great at 45, either. (Sorry, Jim.)
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