We know there are conflicting accounts as to why Honus didn't want his image used in T206.
While it may be neither here nor there, I knew many old timers who played when Honus was coaching the Pirates. A few were Bucs, some were on other teams. All loved Honus and were proud to have known him. More than one of them brought up (on their own, I didn't ask) the T206. Apparently, there was talk of this card going back to the 1930's-40's. Each man gave me the same story: the "Honus didn't want kids to buy tobacco to obtain his card" version. They also mentioned how much Honus loved kids and being around them, even playing catch with groups of them.
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