Gene Sarazen's Personal 1979 Italian American Sports Hall Of Fame Trophy
Gene Sarazen's Italian heritage was important to him, as his parents were underprivileged Sicilian immigrants. Gene was born with the name Eugenio Saraceni and changed his name to Gene Sarazen after seeing it in the newspaper - published for getting a holf-in-one. To him Eugenio Saraceni sounded like a violinist more than a golfer. Gene Sarazen it was! That is the name that is on the band of his personal 1979 Italian American Sports Hall Of Fame trophy in this lot from his election on November 3rd that year. The flame design's tiered base bottom includes the handwritten in sharpie, by Gene, 'Property of Gene Sarazen - 1992' on the white sticker. Other golfers in the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame include Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson, Ken Venturi and Doug Ford. 17 3/4 x 4 x 4." A signed letter of provenance from Mary Ann Sarazen will come with this lot.
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