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Photo ID Help Needed

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by TerribleTowelFlying, Apr 10, 2019.

  1. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    Hey everyone,

    Someone asked me for help identifying the man holding the football in this photo. The picture is believed to be taken sometime around 1934, so he would have been a Pittsburgh Pirate. I realize this is a longshot, but thought I'd see if anyone could help.

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  2. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    I found this 1934 roster photo and I can't confidently say he's any of these players.

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  3. 58stillers

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    Just a guess, but he kinda looks like #27 in the roster pic, hard to zoom in.
     
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  4. troybellringer55

    troybellringer55 Well-Known Member

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    Not sure who he is but at least he didn't leave the kids waiting hours on end at the hospital like another certain professional that used to be a Steeler.
     
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  5. SteelerJJ

    SteelerJJ Well-Known Member

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    Johnny 'Blood' McNally was the big name on the 1934 roster though he barely even played. Perhaps it is he who is in the photo.
     
  6. Blitz

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    Looks like Andy Garcia. I have nothing of substance to add. Better call The Hardy Boys.
     
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  7. thorn058

    thorn058 Well-Known Member

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    I'don't say based on how he is showing how to grip the ball he is a QB possibly Harp Vaughan.
     
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  8. turtle

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    I thought the same thing but I thought more college. Like the Pitt Panthers. Found a couple team photos from the '30s but no luck. Rose Bowl winners in 1937.
     
  9. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Kind of looks like Jorge Posada. I too have nothing of value to add. Better get Nancy Drew to join the Hardy Boys.
     
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  10. 86WardsWay

    86WardsWay Well-Known Member

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    I don't know but the kid looks kinda like a young Chuck Noll.

    I know it's not but just sayin'.;)
     
  11. Hoot

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    here is a roster: https://www.statscrew.com/football/roster/t-PIT/y-1934

    I thought maybe 27 or 38 when I zooomed on the team pic.

    27 would have clark or dempsey based on the roster. I tried to google images of them but came up empty (no suprise) although I did see a reference to Clark being on the Eagles in 33. Maybe chase that lead a bit. Pictures from 34 is probably looking for a needle in the haystack, but you never know.

    38 isn't on the roster I linked.

    someone above thought QB Vaughn. I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_Vaughan
    The pic there is bad, but looking at hair and "eyebrows", I don't think that is him.

    oops - well, back to the pens debacle. second period started
     
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  12. thesteeldeal

    thesteeldeal Well-Known Member

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    Not sure he has to be a QB because he is gripping a ball. Probably wrong but my best guess is......He obviously looks Italian. Looking at the roster from that year there seems to be about 5 with Italian last names. There is very little info and photographs on the others I tried to research. The best I can come up with is.....Ben Ciccone. He has the same wavy hair and hairline in the only image I could find which was from a football card. It might not be totally accurate. Anyway here is my guess and the big reveal :smiley1:

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  13. TuRnDoWnForWaTT

    TuRnDoWnForWaTT Well-Known Member

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    Pictures seem to be a match. Time frame matches. I think you may have figured it out. You sold me on it, for whatever thats worth. :cool:
     
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  14. groutbrook

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  15. KnoxVegasSteel

    KnoxVegasSteel Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure that's the old kicker from Greece. His name is Harry Paratestes.
     
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  16. Da Stellars

    Da Stellars Well-Known Member

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    Wow that looks like him, we may have a winner.
     
  17. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Beer is good

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    He has a resemblance to Izzy Weinstock who was an all American at Pitt in 1934.
     
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  18. turtle

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    I was looking into the Pitt connection too, but I don't know about Izzy, looks different to me.

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  19. MojaveDesertPghFan

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    Not sure about the guy with the football, but the handsome kid looks like my 8th Grade graduation picture but 30 years before my time. Funny, my Dad had hair like the football guy and always said he had straight hair but a wavy scalp. :hmm:
     
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  20. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    I think you've got it!

    Thanks to everyone who took time trying to figure this out. I really think it is Izzy Weinstock in the picture. Has to be, right?

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  21. turtle

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    that's a better pic than I found. Tough call...
     
  22. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Beer is good

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    That’s the pic I was looking at. Same hair, cowlick right if center, nose, indentations to the side of the nose, and double chin.

    Athlete with hair like that back then, yeah, he got the babes.
     
  23. dirty

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    What happens if u do an image search on google images with that image?
     
  24. MojaveDesertPghFan

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    If not that Izzy, perhaps this one...............[​IMG] :lolol:
     
  25. knab70

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    Most likely he never played football. Looks more like a traveling salesman of snake oil that preys on the interest of children with rich parents.
     
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