Baseball Cap worn by New York Yankee Allie Reynolds
date: label: Date made
content: 1947 - 1954
name: label: associated institution
content: New York Yankees
label: Associated Name
content: A. G. Spalding & Bros.
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball cap worn by Allie Reynolds of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 1947–1954
label: Description
content: Allie Reynolds was a star pitcher in Yankee pinstripes who used his renown to promote American Indian causes.
label: Description
content: Allie Reynolds, like so many Native male athletes, had to live with the thoughtlessly pejorative nickname "Chief." And in 1951, after he became the first American League pitcher to throw two no-hitters in a season, a sportscaster dubbed him "Super Chief." While Reynolds tried but never shook the name, in retirement he leveraged his fame by founding the Red Earth cultural festival and leading other initiatives that celebrated Native peoples.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: Subject
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Allie P. Reynolds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0256.03
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0256.03
label: accession number
content: 1992.0256
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 11 in x 7 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 27.94 cm x 18.415 cm