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“Stan the Man” Photo Gallery
Click on any image below to see photos in full size and to start Photo Gallery:
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- Stan in the Cardinals’ locker room
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- Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Dizzy Dean, Terry Moore
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- Stan with Joe Garagiola and Yogi Berra, 1960
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- Ebbets Field,July 12, 1949,Stan Musial,St. Louis Cardinals,Jackie Robinson,Brooklyn Dodgers,All-Star Game
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- Stan in the later years of his life
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- Stan and family meet JFK
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- Stan with daughter Janet and wife Lillian
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- Stan’s batting sequence
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- Stan and wife Lillian
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- Stan leads the Cardinals in work-outs
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- Stan Musial, 3026 games without ejection
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- Stan interviewed by Vin Scully
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- Mickey with boyhood idol, Stan Musial
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- Stan in the Cardinals clubhouse
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- Stan makes a play in the field (probably staged)
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- Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst
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- The always-smiling Stan Musial
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- Stan at the plate
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- Beautiful colorization of Stan Musial by Don Stokes
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- Stan on the last game of his career
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- Stan signs autographs with Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio
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- Stan during his retirement years
We’re Contacted by a Donora, PA Neighbor of Stan Musial!
One of the many highlights of our Old Time Baseball Photos Facebook page is that our posts go out to so many fans across the baseball world. With over 73K followers, we never know who is going to read our posts. Many times we unexpectedly receive wonderful responses.
And so it was with my post this morning about the great Stan Musial. It just so happens that it reached one of our readers, Don Ostapowicz in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Don’s family originally lived right next door to the Musial’s in Donora, PA. The Musial’s lived at 1137 Marelda Ave; while Don’s family lived at 1151 Marelda. Don’s grandparents and parents were friends with the Musial’s.
Don was born while his family lived in the Marelda home in Donora; but his family moved to Ohio when Don was young. The Donora steel mill had closed and Don’s dad needed a job. However, Don mentioned that the Donora home is still owned by his family.
When Don’s father passed away in 1974, Don received a nice personal letter of sympathy from Stan Musial which, of course, is one of Don’s cherished possessions. It says in part: “I remember you grandparents and father very well and was sorry to hear of the recent passing of your father, Harry. I can remember many good times spent with your family and mine. Sincerely, Stan Musial.”
At one point Don sent Stan a photo of the Musial home in Donora, which Stan signed, saying, “I have signed and am returning the picture of my old home in Donora, Pennsylvania as per your request. I was quite touched by your letter; it’s always nice to be remembered by those back home.”
Stan also threw in an autographed promotion picture signed, “To Don, from your Donora neighbor. Stan Musial.”
In my correspondence with him today, Don also included some personal reflections. First mentioning that Stan is still revered in Donora, he added, “He truly was a nice man in addition to being one of the greatest baseball players to ever take the field. Oh yeah, there were a couple of other ballplayers from Donora you might have heard of…Ken Griffey and Griffey Jr. Such a little town that spawned so many athletes.”
I have to say it’s the personal touches like this that make our humble efforts here on Old Time Baseball Photos all worthwhile! Thanks Don for taking the time to share with us this wonderful personal information on the great Stan Musial!
Gary Livacari
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Great story Gary, I too grew up in Donora. I grew up with Ken Griffey sr. who was about 6 weeks older than me. Their was another MLB player from Donora who had a much shorter career. His name was Steve Filipowicz and he played briefly with Giants and Reds in the 1940s. He and the great Jim Thorpe are the only two men who played with the New york Giants baseball and football teams.Donora also was the home town of Deacon Dan Towler who played fullback for the L.A. Rams in the early 1950s and lead NFL in rushing one season. Arnold Galiffa an All American QB at Army also played some NFL with Giants and 49ers as well as in Canada was also from Donora. Always enjoy your baseball stories.
Thanks John! Great info…and greatly appreciated.
dear sir ,i enjoyed your personal comments concerning stan the man. Iam looking for some old photos of Stan’s boyhood home in donora,pa.. Iam trying to put together for my aunt(age96 -i think)Nanas has been a hard Cardinals fan but a bigger STAN MUSIAL fan- hard to believe but she has always been surrounded by BIG TIME PHILLIES fans Any way she put up with a lot of crap all these years ,so i thought maybe i could put together A STAN .MEMORY TO COMPLETE her so called baseball career as time is taking its toll-she is in a HOMEnow but still has a lot of her facilties, she misses her home but she lights up every time i call her(she’sin west chester) i’m here in pittsburgh. anyway sorry for getting off track but she means a lot to us, thought something like this would give her abig old HAPPY-anyway if you could give me LEAD as to where i could find pics like this ,i would really appreciate it. Thanks for listening-DAVE GITTLEMAN.ps-i’m OLD