George Shuba-Jackie Robinson statue unveiled 75 years after …
Jul 17, 2021 · A statue commemorating a handshake between George Shuba and Jackie Robinson 75 years ago was unveiled Saturday in downtown Youngstown.
A Handshake for the Century - Wikipedia
The statue commemorates a handshake between African American baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals and his white teammate George Shuba, a native of Youngstown. Created by sculptor Marc Mellon, it was veiled in 2021, seventy-five years after it occurred.
Jackie Robinson, George Shuba, and the "handshake of the …
Sep 27, 2020 · Mellon has studied every minute detail of those photos, as he works on a 7-foot-tall statue of the handshake. Sculptor Marc Mellon works on his statue of George Shuba and Jackie Robinson.
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The Robinson-Shuba monument's statue is based on the famous Associated Press photograph that immortalized the handshake event. The creation of sculptor Marc Mellon and the Bedi-Makky Art Foundry in Brooklyn, NY, the statue is cast in bronze and stands 7' above its base.
Robinson-Shuba”A Handshake for the Century” statue …
Jul 17, 2021 · The dedication memorializes “A Handshake for a Century” when Youngstown native George “Shotgun” Shuba shook hands with Jackie Robinson, making it the first handshake of Black and white players on...
‘Handshake of the century’ | News, Sports, Jobs - Tribune Chronicle
Dec 1, 2019 · A larger-than-life statue commemorating the inspiring 1946 handshake of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American Major League Baseball player, and George “Shotgun” Shuba, his white teammate...
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The Robinson-Shuba Commemorative Statue, Youngstown
The Robinson-Shuba Commemorative Statue, Youngstown. This addition to Wean Park immortalizes the famous handshake between baseball players George Shuba and Jackie Robinson.
‘A FOCAL POINT TO THE FUTURE’ | Robinson-Shuba statue …
Jul 17, 2021 · “A Handshake for the Century” statue was unveiled Saturday and commemorates the handshake between Robinson and Youngstown native George Shuba after Robinson, a veteran of the Negro Leagues, hit his first home run in 1946 when they were teammates with the Montreal Royals of the International League.
Ohio Local Lights Up Baseball's Historic Handshake
The "handshake for the century" has a new statue in Youngstown, Ohio, and Local 64 members helped make it happen. When baseball legend Jackie Robinson hit a home run in his debut minor league game with the Montreal Royals in 1946, he prompted what ESPN called "a simple act of decency" — a handshake from his white teammate George "Shotgun" Shuba.
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