Killebrew Things

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Karl Mattson

And despite those numbers, he's probably more famous today for being one of the nicest and kindest athletes ever.

And that's what's most important in the final analysis.

Harmon had an instructional booklet published in 1970 that featured ads for his line of products (most of Harmon's business ventures ultimately failed, and sadly he suffered great financial problems by the late 1980s):



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The booklet also featured an introduction by Al Kaline:



Here's a photo of Harmon's batting trainer (which came in a few different versions/boxes):



Not advertised in the booklet was the Snappet. This is a (unique?) promo for the Snappet toy that I bought from the Killebrew estate:

[ooo-ribay]

^^^^^ Interesting that Killebrew, Inc was located where I currently live. Any idea why?

[mcgwirecom]

I am a big ticket collector. Here are a few Killebrew highlights. Opening Day ticket from 1959 his first full season. He hits his first Opening Day homerun, career #12. Also the first Opening Day triple play. Next we have stubs from his 200th and 300th career homeruns. And finally his 500th ! I had to sell that one but still have the others.

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

I am a big ticket collector. Here are a few Killebrew highlights. Opening Day ticket from 1959 his first full season. He hits his first Opening Day homerun, career #12. Also the first Opening Day triple play. Next we have stubs from his 200th and 300th career homeruns. And finally his 500th ! I had to sell that one but still have the others.

Those Killebrew milestone tickets are WAY cool. Thanks for sharing!

The Idaho Fishing & Hunting Guide was already mentioned upthread, but here's a pic of my copy that includes an interior shot of Harmon and his hunting partner Linda Moulton.

Moulton was the reigning Miss Idaho at the time, and she went on to become a pretty well-known ufologist, conspiracy theorist and cattle mutilation "expert". She's appeared in a number of History Channel and Discovery Channel UFO shows and written books on alien abductions and crop circles.

[batsballsbases]

Nice PM10 stadium pin 1 3/4 size you dont see that often..

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

^^^^^ Interesting that Killebrew, Inc was located where I currently live. Any idea why?

I don't know specifically why, but I believe Harmon's son and daughter attended BYU (and I think his daughter still lives in the SLC area). Harmon was also a practicing Mormon for at least most of his life and spent a lot of time in and around SLC - that might have led to him networking with business people in the area.

Harmon's 1971 biography was also published out of SLC.