Frank Foyston joined the Seattle Metropolitans after a “corporate raid” on the Toronto Blueshirts and developed into the city’s first hockey legend.
Author: David Eskenazi
David Eskenazi
Many of the historic images on Sports Press Northwest are provided by resident Northwest sports history aficionado, David Eskenazi. A Seattle native, David has amassed an extensive archive of Seattle, Northwest, and West Coast historic sports photographs, artifacts and ephemera. We draw from this archive to illustrate stories in The Vault, and our weekly Rotation feature, The Wayback Machine. Youll see many unique and evocative representations of our sporting past, many of which have never been seen publicly. You are in for a treat! David enjoys sharing his collection and zeal for Northwest sports history. His historical showcase activities have included displays at numerous museums, historical societies, and community events, including an annual Northwest baseball history display at Mariners FanFest, and working on baseball-themed fund raising events for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Since the early 1990s, The Seattle Mariners have enlisted David to help recognize and illustrate Seattle and the Northwests 120-year baseball legacy. This collaboration has produced historical displays at Safeco Field, including seven 35-foot long historical storyboards surrounding the Safeco Field main concourse, Fred Hutchinson seat end stanchions, and classic early photographs on the suite level, all created for the opening of Safeco Field in 1999. From its opening in 2007 to the present day, David has provided thematic ideas, design elements, images, and scores of original historic Northwest baseball artifacts for the Baseball Museum of the Pacific Northwest at Safeco Field. David also contributed visual materials, historical consultation and on-screen interviews for documentaries on The Seattle Rainiers, The Spokane Indians, and the Seattle Pilots, and provided images and other inputs for a multitude of books, magazines, web-sites and other media focusing on Seattle, Northwest and West Coast sports history. Recent books he contributed to extensively include SABRs Rain Check: Baseball in the Pacific Northwest, and Dan Raleys Pitchers of Beer: The Seattle Rainiers Story. David has a keen ongoing interest in sharing stories, expanding and enhancing his collection, and broadening his knowledge and archive of Northwest sports history and memorabilia. If you have questions, memories to share, stories to suggest, or would like to talk to him about selling or trading Seattle and Northwest sports artifacts, please contact him at (206) 441-1900, or at seattlesportshistory@gmail.com
The state of Washington is represented in the Canton, OH., Pro Football Hall of Fame by 11 individuals, the most recent of which is Walter Jones, elected Saturday.
The first Sports Star of the Year (then Man of the Year) was an athlete, referee, coach and community activist. Bobby Morris was a major force in Seattle sports for two decades.
Gene Conley, who starred at Richland High School and Washington State, became prominent for winning championship rings in two of the four major American sports.
Washington and Navy, two “non-champions,” met in the 1924 Rose Bowl after several other schools declined invitations. This is how the Huskies and Middles got there.
Queen Anne High School had a storied athletic tradition, but here’s the question: Who was the most significant athletic figure in the institution’s history?
The Washington-Washington State rivalry, largely dominated by the Huskies (67-32-6), has been a steppingstone for a variety of Hall of Fame players and coaches on both sides.
Dorsett “Tubby” Graves, a former minor league baseball player, exerted a profound influence on four decades’ worth of University of Washington athletes.
The Washington Athletic Club has played a significant role in the sporting history of the Seattle area, launching numerous athletes into what became historic careers.
Roosevelt High School has a storied athletic tradition, but here’s the question: Who is the most significant athletic figure in the institution’s history?