The sports world is filled with stories of unrealized talent and this is one of the best it has to offer. John Levi was one of the greatest football players of his generation and like Jim Thorpe before him, he was a Native American sports pioneer. Jim Thorpe even commented that Levi was the greatest athlete he had ever seen! Playing for the Haskell Indian Nation, Levi was a dominant force and earned All American in 1923. He was also a tremendous baseball player and he was lured away from the gridiron by a large contract from the New York Yankees (signed on the field after a dominant football performance). They assigned him to Harrisburg where he performed exactly like they thought, hitting .346 and catching the attention of the rest of the baseball world. The only problem was that Levi was homesick and he ran away back to the Reservation, quitting baseball. He had contract jumped and was no longer eligible to play college football as a result of his professional baseball play. Without any options he spent the next years of his short life coaching and trying his hardest to hang around the games he loved. John Levi is one of the ultimate stories of "what could have been". The offered image shows Levi in uniform with the New York Yankees and is one of the few to ever do so. Issued by Pacific and Atlantic and stamped on the back, the photo presents well in great shape overall.

Size: 8x10
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 4.5/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 9.5/10