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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
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Grapes soured at all there?
"Meanwhile, I contacted the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, which maintains a file of player biographical information filled out either by the ballplayers or family members. Under “ancestry,” Mrs. E.W. Talley had written “German-Jew” on Guy Zinn’s profile page. Jean Talley was Zinn’s daughter. The form was filled out after Zinn’s death in 1949."
Zinn's daughter wrote he was Jewish on the record for the HOF? That is pretty solid evidence.
His death certificate [
http://thedeadballera.com/DeathCerti...nn.Guy.DC.pdf] lists his father as Noah Zinn.
Odds are his father was Jewish ahd his kids considered themselves Jewish, if that is what she wrote.
His grave isn't of use; he's buried in a non-denominational graveyard in WV.
The rest is speculation.
I guess if Dan had sold the card for $10,000 Zinn would have been Jewish...