Lot # 293: 1955 Notre Dame Coach Frank Leahy Letter to Ben Hogan with Great Wire Photo

Category: Autographs

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "2017 Winter Auction",
which ran from 11/21/2017 5:45 AM to
12/9/2017 8:00 PM



Offered here is an original 1955 letter from Notre Dame football coaching legend Frank Leahy to golfing Legend Ben Hogan. Leahy wrote Hogan to inform him how much Leahy admired Hogan, even after Hogan's bitter defeat to Jack Fleck in a playoff at the 1955 US Open. Leahy also references Hogan's business interests, almost surely referring to Hogan's then-fledgling Ben Hogan Company. Leahy also almost surely knew that Jack Fleck famously used Hogan Company irons to defeat the great Hogan. Included in this lot is a certified original 8x10" wire photo of Frank Leahy.