Marc Okkonen (1933–2019)

Author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide

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About the Author

Marcus Okkonen was born in Muskegon, Michigan on July 21, 1933. After graduating from high school, he worked in the local Continental Motors factory. He entered the Army in 1953 and served in Korea and Japan during and after the Korean War. Following his discharge, he returned to Continental as a show more draftsman and began his career as an artist. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, Dearborn, in 1970. He worked as a commercial artist. He was a baseball fan who wrote and illustrated several books on the subject including The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League, Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century, The Ty Cobb Scrapbook, and 2,000 Cups of Coffee. He also wrote books about Michigan. In 2014, he won the Henry Chadwick Award from the Society for Baseball Research. He died after a fall on May 27, 2019 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Marc Okkonen

The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League (1989) 31 copies, 1 review

Baseball Memories 1950-1959: An Illustrated Scrapbook of Baseball's Fabulous 50's : All the Players, Managers, Cities & Ballparks (1993) 26 copies

Baseball Memories, 1900-1909 (1992) 25 copies, 1 review

Baseball Memories 1930-1939: A Complete Pictorial History of the "Hall of Fame" Decade (1994) 22 copies

The Ty Cobb Scrapbook: An Illustrated Chronology of Significant Dates in the 24-Year Career of the Fabled Georgia Peach (2001) 17 copies, 1 review

Minor League Baseball Towns of Michigan: Adrian to Ypsilanti : The Teams & the Ballparks of the Wolverine State from the 1880s to the Present (1997) 14 copies

USS Silversides SS236: An illustrated record of Silversides' war patrol period, December 1941 - August 1945 (1998) 6 copies

Muskegon stories: A collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past...drawn from past editions of the Muskegon Chronicle and other sources (1998) 5 copies

More Muskegon stories: Another collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past ... drawn from past editions of the Muskegon Chronicle and other sources (2000) 4 copies

Muskegon stories III: A collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past...drawn from past editions of the Muskegon Chronicle and other sources (2003) 4 copies

Buster Keaton and the Muskegon connection : the Actor's Colony at Bluffton, 1908-1938 (1995) 3 copies

Street Names of Greater Muskegon (1999) 2 copies

Baseball in Muskegon 1 copy

2000 Cups of Coffee, 1900-1949 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1933-07-21
Date of death: 2019-05-27
Gender: male
Occupations: baseball historian
illustrator
publications consultant
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Muskegon, Michigan, USA
Associated Place (for map): Michigan, USA

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Baseball Memories, 1900-1909 by Marc Okkonen

Oh what a wonderful book for fans of early baseball! Photos of players and stadiums, maps, reproductions of newspaper headlines, descriptions of each season in the decade... Just wonderful.

Oct 29, 2005

Big_Bang_Gorilla 932 reviews

The Ty Cobb scrapbook : an illustrated chronology of significant dates in the 24-year career of the fabled Georgia Peach, over 800 games from 1905 to 1928 by Marc Okkonen

Being a chronology of celebrated games in the great player's life, illustrated by newspaper clippings from the time. I love the idea of this, but it could have been carried out far better. The illustrations are photocopies, and from a time when photocopies looked even less professional than they do today.

May 13, 2011

Big_Bang_Gorilla 932 reviews

The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League by Marc Okkonen

Being a quasi-reference book which lists rosters and statistics for the teams of the Federal League. It's well-illustrated and contains a short textual narrative.

May 8, 2011