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  [Once A Star raw: Holtzman #1]

  Chicago, Once A Star, Sports

  Part one of an interview with Ken Holtzman, retired Major League pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, for the television special, “Once A Star.” The interview, conducted by Roger Wallenstein, focuses on Holtzman’s career after baseball as an insurance administrator. Holtzman discusses how being an ex-ballplayer is sometimes a disadvantage in his career, and comments in-depth on “dumb jock syndrome.” Timecode onscreen.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #23]

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of an interview with Chicago White Sox Pitcher Rich Hinton. The interview was shot for the documentary, “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the White Sox 1978 team.

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  [Tony Kubek interviews Bill Veeck raw #2]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  This tape features continued footage of an interview between Bill Veeck and sportscaster Tony Kubek for NBC, from the perspective of the crew for “A View From The Bleachers.” The two men continue to talk with one another about the the current financial struggles in baseball.

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  Time Out – Chicago Sports Hall of Fame

  Time Out

  Various footage, including the end of an interview with Minnie Minoso and Ed Kelly at the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame 1984 Induction in Soldier Field.

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  The Chicago Cubs: Summer of ’83

  Cubs

  Highlights from the Chicago Cubs 1983 season

• Cubs game

  Cubs

  Playoffs game #4. Reel 1 of 3.

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  Fantastic Fifties

  Chicago, White Sox

  This is a video of a program called “Fantastic Fifties” that aired on WGN in the late 1950s. An unidentified host takes the viewer through some of the highlights of the late fifties including: Chicago’s rise to becoming a major sea port, highlights of memorable Chicago sports moments, and various popular news stories of the decade.