Mickey's Team Poster

The Mickey's Team "Leave Your Own Legacy" black & white Posters were displayed in local hospitals to raise awareness about the need for organ donation. Thankful for the liver transplant he received on June 8, Mantle announced that he wanted to help with the donor program. Mantle said all he's "ever done is take." Shortly after the Mickey Mantle foundation was formed. Organ donor cards design to resemble baseball trading cards were distributed through organizations, unions, and given out at all the baseball stadiums in September.

These large 18"x22" Posters were also given out, outside Yankee Stadium on July 22, 1995, Old Timers Day. Mickey Mantle spoke to the Yankee Stadium crowd via the Diamond vision, just after Whitey Ford was announced, and before Joe DiMaggio. Never a loss for mordant humor, Mantle stated that he looked like Phil Rizzuto in Babe Ruth's uniform.

The poster reads: Join Mickey's Team. The Mickey Mantle Foundation, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Union Gas Company have teamed up to raise awareness about the dire need for organ donation in Brooklyn, throughout New York City, and around the nation. Right now, 42,224 people are waiting for donors. More than one-third are Black and Hispanic. Many who can be saved must wait. For some, the wait costs them their lives. The Health Science Center at Brooklyn, a pioneer in transplant care, is one of 15 national Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) sites and the only site in New York State. Join us on Mickey's Team. Be A Hero. Be A Donor

1995 Mickey Mantle Leave Your Own Legacy Mickey's Team Poster

Yankee Stadium July 22, 1995 Old Timers Day Ticket Stub

September 3, 1995 Donor Cards Given away at all Major League games.

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