1986 USA All Stars Baseball Team - Perth

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Overview

A colour photograph of the 1986 USA All Stars baseball team during the America's Cup Festival of Sport (ACFOS) in Perth, Western Australia. Details of the team and the tournament are printed above and below the photograph.

Historical information

Between September 1986 and March 1987 a Festival of Sport was held in Perth, Western Australia to complement the America'a Cup yachting series held in Fremantle during January and February of 1987. Thousands of competitors took part in the sporting festival, in a wide array of sports, including baseball, cricket, athletics, hockey, basketball, squash, golf, racing, trotting, cycling, football, lawn bowls, karate, kick-boxing and boxing competitions and a world sprint car championship.

The international round robin baseball tournament was held at Parry Field Baseball Park between the 8th and 15th of December 1986. Competing teams were Chinese Taipei, Japan, USA and Australia, with Japan winning the tournament.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.435

Item type

Photographs

Themes

People
Photography
Social History
Sport

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

30 cm

Height or length

25 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'U.S.A. All Stars'
'1986 A.C.F.O.S. International Tournament'
'Parry Field - Western Australia'

'U.S.A. ALL STARS'
'1986 A.C.F.O.S. International Tournament'
'Parry Field – Western Australia'
'Back row (L-R): Ken Burden, John Greenleaf, Tom McClain, Ken McGee, Tom Moore, Corey Loehr, Nernie Vanbrabant, Mike Burgermeister'
'Middle row (L-R): Neil Olivieri (Physio), Troy Robertson (Bull Pen Catcher), Chuck Sloman, Mike McIlhargey, Ron Johnson, Dave Rusin, Ron Carothers, John Maslin (Team Leader)'
'Seated (L-R): Keith Burden, Mickey Riley, Bob Grove (Ass. Coach), Bob Ossey (Head Coach), Don Knapp (Ass. Coach), Scott Steed, Paul Jannis'
'Front row (L-R): (Bat Boys) Al Reid, Phil Sherwood, Chris Bowden, Geoff Strachan'

Contextual Information

This photograph had been in the possession of Baseball WA and was passed to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives.

Keywords

America's Cup Festival of Sport 1986-87

1986 USA All Stars Team

Parry Field Baseball Stadium

International Baseball Tournament

Perth, Western Australia

Baseball WA

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