Sandy Koufax Talking baseball card
Date1964
DescriptionA 1964 Sandy Koufax talking baseball card, produced by Auravision, a branch of Columbia Records. The audio produced by the talking baseball record is Sandy Koufax giving tips on how to pitch, including developing control, developing new pitches, and fielding as a pitcher. He also gives advice to Little League players. The front of the card has a full length picture of Koufax dressed in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform bent over at the waist with his hands and glove in front of him. He stands in front of a blue background with a green border. Text in the upper corner reads "33 1/3 RPM." His signature is in the lower left corner and the Sports Record, Inc. logo is in the upper right. The back is black font on a white background with red borders. The top half contains instructions on how to play the record, a print of a head and shoulders photograph of Koufax, and "The Sandy Koufax Story." The bottom half contains Koufax's "Baseball History", which contains his statistics.
Bio/Historical NoteTo listen to the card, the user would punch the small circle out of the center of the record and lay it flat on any record player. This record is part of a complete set of 16 talking baseball card records.
Object numberBL-1990-03458-001
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
Columbia Records, Inc.
Subject
Koufax, Sandy, 1935-
Classificationsbaseball cards
Collection NumberBA RMA 005 Talking Baseball Cards collection
Dimensionsw x h: 6.75 x 6.75 in.
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