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Originally Posted by rmorgart
Wow this is a tough image to find. Does anyone know how I could obtain an original? I'm actually friends with Fred Katawczik. He loves to talk baseball and has lots of great memories of his brush with the big leagues. Apparently he and about 7 of his teammates in the minors were notified that they were high on the draft board for military service so they chose to enlist. Fred served in the Army and that was basically the end of his baseball career at just 21 years old.
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Here is a high school yearbook photo of Fred Katawczik.
As for an original of the photo showing him with the Padres, my only suggestion is that you periodically Google "ebay.com topps vault" and check what they are displaying. They might have the original for sale at some point, if it has not already been sold. They sell hundreds of photos, so it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Fred Katawczik was listed on the San Diego Padres 40-man roster in 1969 when they brought him to their camp.