April 29, 2001 Hatboro, Pa
October 21, 2006 Hatboro, Pa
When the Western League had been renamed the American League by league president Ban Johnson in 1900, several teams were formed to compete with the existing National League. One of these were the Philadelphia Athletics. Veteran catcher Connie Mack was brought in to manage the club.
The Athletics became one of the dominant teams of the new league winning the American League pennant 6-times (1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914). The team won the World Series in 1910, 1911, 1913).
In January 1995, Ted Taylor wrote in his Philadelphia Daily News column about a large amount of people who still cared about the old Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia team would relocate in Kansas City in 1955 and finally relocate to Oakland in 1968. In his article Taylor referred to these people as the Secret Society of A's Fans. From this article sprung the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society.
A storefront existed in Hatboro, Pa, but closed on 2013 due to expenses and a dwindling fan base.
March 9, 2006
But-Mont Stamp Show, Warminster, Pa
show cover honoring George Kell, played for the Philadelphia Athletics 1943-1946.
Kell also played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles.
Kell was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1983.
2007 postmark
June 28, 2008 Wilmington Delaware
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame
1905
1912
1934
1939 - Baseball Centennial
1944
1945
1952
Philadelphia Athletics stationery - found on auction sites and cleaned up for presentation purposes
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