Mickey Mantle Signs 1963 Contract
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of Mickey Mantle (left), Roy Hamey (center), and Joe DiMaggio (right) crouched at a low table as Mantle signs a contract. All three men are wearing business suits. The caption underneath the photograph reads, "(MD2)Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Feb.27—MANTLE SIGNS FOR $100,000—New York Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle (left) signs his 1963 contract for $100,000 today with Yankee General Manager Roy Hamey (center) and Joe DiMaggio, Yankee special coach, looking on. DiMaggio is the only other Yankee player to receive a $100,000 contract.(AP Wirephoto(see AP wire story)hlv4ll50hlv) 1963". Information written on the physical slide reads "signs 100,000 contract 1963".