Stan Musial (31 page)

“My Buddy.” With President Kennedy in the White House, July 1962.
Courtesy of John H. Zentay

Ted Williams always liked to claim he was the favorite player of Musial’s mother.
Dick Collins

Musial was named an advisor on physical fitness by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Courtesy of Gerry Ashley

Musial and (clockwise) Waite Hoyt, Roy Campanella, and Stan Coveleski at their induction into the Hall of Fame in 1969.
Dick Collins

Stan introduced his mother at the 1969 induction while Lil and daughters enjoyed the moment.
Dick Collins

Musial’s plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
National Baseball Hall of Fame

Stan Musial & Biggie’s was a landmark in St. Louis for decades. The food was good, too, according to Tim McCarver.
Courtesy of Mickey McTague

Danny Kaye was a big fan of Musial and Willie Mays.
Dick Collins

Old timers came out for a 1970 exhibition that raised funds in the name of Martin Luther King Jr. Left to right: Joe DiMaggio, Musial, John McNamara, Billy Martin, Larry Doby.
Dick Collins

The swing that launched 3,630 hits, demonstrated once again at Cooperstown, sometime in the early 1980s.
Dick Collins

Lil and Stan were always the life of the party at Cooperstown. This time they were joined by son, Dick, and his wife, Sharon.
Dick Collins

The three amigos. Musial, Ed Piszek, and James Michener meeting in Miami, en route to Warsaw, 1988.
Larry Christenson

The Stance visited the Collosseum, using James Michener’s cane, while Larry Christenson observed.
Larry Christenson