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Originally Posted by tnfoto
Facepack upgrade and larger 1946 Phillies image.
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Thanks very much for posting John O'Neill's large photo. I had only small postage stamp photos of O'Neill (mostly from team photos) before. Thanks for this large "portrait".(#16892 - on this page).
ONeill died this year on April 17. His passing came one day after the 66th anniversary of his major leagues debut (4/16/1946 - the 1946 season's Opening Day) and two days before his 92nd birthday.
Although the Phillies roster had been scrambled quite a bit as they started their first Post-World War Two season, O'Neill was the only Phillies player to make his major leagues debut on that Opening Day. Post-War Phillies star Del Ennis would make his major leagues debut 12 days later.
- Ken Raffensberger16.