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Stan Musial spotted the photographer and quickly struck his signature pose while saying, "Would you like me to swing my bat?" That was my brief brush with "The Man" in Cape Girardeau.
Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder/first baseman Stan Musial, left, gestured with an imaginary bat as he walked out of Cape Girardeau Common Pleas Courthouse with Vernon Landgraf on July 16, 1980. Both were attending a State Bank Board hearing as investors and directors in the proposed Bank of Cape Girardeau group, which was appealing a state decision granting a Cape Girardeau charter to the South East Missouri Bank. Musial made a brief appearance at the hearing but did not testify. (Fred Lynch photo)
A July 17, 1980 Southeast Missourian story reported Musial, Landgraf, Dr. Milton Shoss and St. Louis businessmen Joseph O. Morrissey and W. Alfred Hayes Jr. were listed as "directors" on the Bank of Cape Girardeau application. Of those five, only Musial had extensive experience in banking operations, said Division of Finance Supervisor of Applications Jeffery Ward. Musial made a brief appearance at the hearing but did not testify.
On Aug. 21, 1980 the State Bank Board voted to uphold the decision by the Division of Finance granting a charter to South East Missouri Bank over the application of the Bank of Cape Girardeau to establish a bank in Cape Girardeau. The board considered issues of local versus outside investment, the relative banking experience of the two groups and the role of the Wood-Huston Banking Corp. of Marshall, Mo. in the South East Missouri Bank application.
Musial played for the Cardinals 1941-1944 and 1946-1963. He died at age 93 on Jan. 19, 2013 at his home in Ladue, Mo. surrounded by his family.
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