Marc Okkonen (1933–2019)
Auteur van Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide
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Marcus Okkonen was born in Muskegon, Michigan on July 21, 1933. After graduating from high school, he worked in the local Continental Motors factory. He entered the Army in 1953 and served in Korea and Japan during and after the Korean War. Following his discharge, he returned to Continental as a toon meer draftsman and began his career as an artist. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, Dearborn, in 1970. He worked as a commercial artist. He was a baseball fan who wrote and illustrated several books on the subject including The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League, Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century, The Ty Cobb Scrapbook, and 2,000 Cups of Coffee. He also wrote books about Michigan. In 2014, he won the Henry Chadwick Award from the Society for Baseball Research. He died after a fall on May 27, 2019 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Werken van Marc Okkonen
Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide (1991) 74 exemplaren
Baseball Memories 1950-1959: An Illustrated Scrapbook of Baseball's Fabulous 50's : All the Players,… (1993) 25 exemplaren
Baseball Memories 1930-1939: A Complete Pictorial History of the "Hall of Fame" Decade (1994) 19 exemplaren
The Ty Cobb Scrapbook: An Illustrated Chronology of Significant Dates in the 24-Year Career of the Fabled Georgia… (2001) 16 exemplaren
Minor League Baseball Towns of Michigan: Adrian to Ypsilanti : The Teams & the Ballparks of the Wolverine State from… (1997) 13 exemplaren
Muskegon stories: A collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past...drawn from past editions of the… (1998) 5 exemplaren
USS Silversides SS236: An illustrated record of Silversides' war patrol period, December 1941 - August 1945 (1998) 5 exemplaren
More Muskegon stories: Another collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past ... drawn from past… (2000) 4 exemplaren
Muskegon stories III: A collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past...drawn from past editions of the… (2003) 4 exemplaren
Baseball in Muskegon 1 exemplaar
2000 Cups of Coffee, 1900-1949 1 exemplaar
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