Mickey Mantle with Ice Pack on His Jaw
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of Mickey Mantle in the New York Yankees clubhouse holding an ice pack to his left cheek. Mantle is visible from the chest up and is looking upward. He is wearing a Yankees home uniform. At the end of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, a group of teenagers attacked him on the field, trying to take his cap. They bruised his jaw in the process.
Player(s)
Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995
Team(s)
New York - AL
League(s)
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
May 30, 1960
Subject
Hall of famers; Baseball injuries
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Yankee Stadium (New York, N.Y. : 1923-2009)
Location
New York (N.Y.)
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Lop-Man
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)