This is an Authentic Radio Interview Conducted with Ty Cobb. It was part of a Coca Cola Broadcast originally aired March 19th, 1930. Cobb is Interviewed by Grantland Rice about His Career, Favorite Moments and who Cobb thought was the best natural Hitter of all time. Enjoy the nostalgia of this rare audio, The Interview with Cobb is Halfway through the Broadcast.
I'd like to meet:
Good Friends: Tris Speaker, Christy Matthewson, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Gen. George Patton, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Louis Chevrolet, Bobby Jones & Ernest Hemingway.Cobb never earned more than a $40,000 annual salary as a baseball player, his fierce competitiveness carried over to his business affairs, and his shrewd investments made him a multimillionaire by the time he was 40. One of his many investiments that contributed to his early success was the purchase of stocks in a little-known Southern beverage company called Coca-Cola. Cobb's financial prosperity eventually allowed him to contribute to two causes that now benefit thousands of Georgians each year.In 1953, Cobb created a scholarship fund that would provide scholarships for needy Georgia students. The Cobb Educational foundation awards 100 or more grants ranging from $150 to $20,000 each year. In 1996-97, Cobb's scholarship fund distributed more than $475,000.
In 1950, Cobb Memorial Hospital was dedicated in Royston, Georgia as the result of a donation of $100,000 given by Ty Cobb in memory of his parents.
Over the years, the hospital has grown into the Ty Cobb Healthcare System consisting of hospitals, convalescent centers, and health services that employ 778 people and provide much needed health care to the rural areas of Northeast Georgia.
Music:
Favorite Song, "Sweet Georgia Brown". Old Baptist Hymns. Ragtime, Etc. .
Movies:
"Somewhere in Georgia" Starring Ty Cobb "Ty Cobb/Soungarden", Created and Edited by Ryan of Mississippi.
Books:
Books on Historical Battles, Biographys of Napolean Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, and his own Autobiography: My Life in Baseball by Ty Cobb
Heroes:
Please Visit www.grant9smith.com for a view of his Portfolio of Artwork and other Paintings ranging from Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, John McGraw Among Others.
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