October 1947 SPORT Cover (Harry Gilmer, University of Alabama)

October 1947 SPORT Cover (Harry Gilmer, University of Alabama)University of Alabama football legend Harry Gilmer would grace the cover of the October 1947 issue of the SPORT Magazine. A mulit position star, Gilmer would lead Alabama to the 1946 Rose Bowl with a victory over USC. He would go on to be drafted with the first overall pick in 1948 NFL draft by Washington and was named a member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. SPORT Magazine, which ran from 1946 to 2000, celebrated what its editors

University of Alabama football legend Harry Gilmer would grace the cover of the October 1947 issue of the SPORT Magazine. A mulit-position star, Gilmer would lead Alabama to the 1946 Rose Bowl with a victory over USC. He would go on to be drafted with the first overall pick in 1948 NFL draft by Washington and was named a member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.

SPORT Magazine, which ran from 1946 to 2000, celebrated what its editors accurately anticipated would be the coming explosion of interest in professional and amateur sport in post-war North America. Read more about the history of SPORT magazine here. (hyperlink "here" https://thesportgallery.ca/pages/about-sport-magazine)

Take home a piece of history with a SPORT Magazine cover, available as a fine art stretch canvas or fine art print.

Each reproduction is printed on 100% Hahnemuhle Photo Pearl paper using UltraChrome K3 pigmented inks and produced to the highest standard of archival quality available. Canvases are printed and stretched by hand in Toronto.

Each print and canvas is done by hand and made to order in Toronto, Canada. Production time may take anywhere from 1-2 weeks. This does not include shipping time. Please note framed prints are only available as in-store pick-up due to the weight and fragility of the glass and frame.