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Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060
I don't have a pic of my 1925 Turf Cigarettes Sisler, but that's the singular Sisler I own.
Born in New Franklin, OH, which is a town that now bleeds into the town where I'm from (I now live in a different neighboring town in relation to New Franklin). My grandpa knew him, as my grandpa played ball in the St. Louis Browns farm system and is from Akron, OH, which is just north of New Franklin. Underappreciated in my area.
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I live in New Franklin. There is a ballpark named after him now. It's still amazing how many people around here have no idea who he was.