1939 NY WORLDS FAIR ACADEMY OF SPORTS–PRESS PASS TICKETS–ERNIE KOY BKLYN DODGERS

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1939 NY WORLDS FAIR ACADEMY OF SPORTS – PRESS PASS TICKETS –ERNIE KOY BKLYN DODGERS
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Folding wallet, 3 ¼ x 10 ( open) containing the press pass for Ernie Koy , along with a booklet of press  admission tickets to New York World’s Fair for 1940.  The press pass was for Ernie Koy, for the Academy of Sport.
The New York World's Fair was a venue that Christy Walsh wanted to promote sport heroes and his vision for teaching opportunity for America's youth. He teamed with the American Board of Baseball and Football to produce one of the best attended attractions at the fair. Kids were given lessons by baseball and football players. The main sponsor of the Academy was Esso Oil Company who provided, through there network of local dealers, applications to attend classes at the fair to the youth of America.
Ernie Koy  (1909 –2007), nicknamed "Chief", was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball, who played for four National League teams from 1938 to 1942. He was born in Sealy, Texas and was of American Indian ancestry.  He played as an outfielder on the baseball team from 1931 to 1933 and served as captain in 1933. After signing with the New York Yankees, Koy's contract was sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1938. He hit a home run in his first at bat with the Dodgers on April 19, and played 142 games that season. Koy finished the year ranking second in the NL with 15 stolen bases, and ninth with a .468 slugging average. He appeared in 125 games during the 1939 season, and 24 during the 1940 season as an outfielder. In 1940, Koy batted .301 for the Dodgers. He was traded in 1940 to the St. Louis Cardinals. Koy played 91 games as an outfielder with the Cardinals in 1940, and 12 games of the 1941 season with the Cardinals. He was traded from the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds in May 14, 1941. Koy played 49 games of the remaining 1941 season in a Reds uniform. He was sold by the Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies on May 2, 1942. Koy appeared in 78 games with the Phillies, and was eventually released from his contract May 27, 1946 after serving in the Navy during World War II. He ended his career with a .279 batting average, 36 home runs, 260 runs batted in, 238 runs, 515 hits and 40 stolen bases in 558 games.
Plastic covering press pas a bit yellowed, pass, tickets and holder in fine condition.
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