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MyAJC photos: Remembering Ty Cobb, the 'Georgia Peach'

Tyrus Raymond Cobb, a Baseball Hall of Famer and one of the game's greatest players, was born in the tiny hamlet of Narrows, Ga., on Dec. 18, 1886. He and his family soon moved to Royston, where young Cobb grew up. That's where you'll find the Ty Cobb Museum. He died in Atlanta in 1961.

Humorist Will Rogers explains one of his rope tricks for baseball great Ty Cobb, right, and his son, Ty Cobb Jr., in this 1920 photograph. (AP Photo)

Ty Cobb, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, is shown in action during practice in March 1921. (AP Photo)

Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tigers is shown at start of baseball season in Atlanta, Ga., April 2, 1924. (AP Photo)

Babe Ruth pats Ty Cobb on the head after their second golf match at Fresh Meadow Country Club in New York on June 27, 1941. The two baseball players are playing a charity grudge tournament with proceeds going to the United Service Organizations. Ruth won today's match and Cobb won the first match held in Boston, July 26. (AP Photo)

American baseball player Ty Cobb is shown with his boxer Chud at his estate in Atherton, Ca., May 17, 1951.

Former Detroit Tigers hitter Ty Cobb, left, and Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, right, compare batting grips as Ford Frick, president of the national league, looks on in Detroit, Mich., July 9, 1951. They are attending a dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Detroit Tigers. (AP Photo)

Ty Cobb, of baseball fame, sits in his study at Atherton, California, March 5, 1957, holding his Hall of Fame plaque which he cherishes above all from his many years in baseball. Cobb was the first of many leading ball players to be nominated to the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, NY in 1936. (AP Photo)

A Little League Tiger is one of two Little Leaguers shown paying a last tribute to big league Detroit Tiger great, Ty Cobb at his Royston, Georgia tomb, July 19, 1961. The Georgia Hall of Famer was 74. (AP Photo)

Willie Mays outfielder and heavy hitter for the San Francisco Giants shakes hands with Ty Cobb during a get together for the old timers shown March 17, 1960 before the game between Boston Ted Sox and San Francisco Giants. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)

The Rev. E.A. Miller, extreme right, conducted graveside services in Royston, Georgia for former Detroit Tigers great Ty Cobb, July 19, 1961. The Hall of Famer, who died on Monday of cancer, was laid to rest in the family mausoleum at his hometown of Royston. "Ty Cobb was never satisfied with second best," the minister said. (AP Photo)

Detroit Tigers great Ty Cobb is shown sliding in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Tigers Archives )

This photo taken Feb. 15, 2013 shows a copy of a 1925 photograph of Washington Senators Walter Johnson, left, and Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb, right, that hangs in the wall of Carolyn Thomas, Johnson's daughter, in her home in Washington. The family is auctioning items including the personalized framed copy of Johnson's plaque from his Hall of Fame induction, a handwritten congratulatory letter from Ty Cobb, the "Notice to Player of Release or Transfer" signed by Senators owner Clark Griffith after Johnson's final season in 1927, and an engraved six-piece tea set celebrating the 20th anniversary of Johnson's signing with the team next weekend. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The U.S. Postal Service 'Legends of Baseball' postage stamps that were unveiled in Atlanta Thursday, July 6, 2000. The issue features players that were honored as part of Major League Baseball's All-Century Team. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

FILE--Eighteen year-old Ty Cobb waits on a pitch in one his first at-bats with the Detroit Tigers. On an old-fashioned recorder found in a dusty garage, Cobb talks about his favorite game and how at the end of his career he felt as though a weight had been lifted. The high, tinny voice of the cantankerous baseball player is preserved on the device that was discovered recently by Jack Brown at his family's home.This rare photo was taken in the old Chicago White Sox park, in August, 1905. (AP Photo)

1007279 - Marietta - Detail of some of Ron Cobb's Ty Cobb letters and photos. Ron Cobb, who's an expert on all things related to Ty Cobb, recently tracked down a stolen Cobb letter that was pilfered from the Sporting News archive. The letter's worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $4,000. Ron Cobb himself owns about five authentic Ty Cobb letters, all written in Ty's trademark green ink. Thurs, July 29, 2010 Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com

000928 Royston, GA: A Ty Cobb monument is on display a the Royston, GA Town Hall September 28, 2000. (Brant Sanderlin photo/ AJC Staff)

000928 Royston, GA: Several rare photos are on display at the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston, GA including this 1887 photo of Ty Cobb when he was a child. (Brant Sanderlin photo/ AJC Staff)

080721 ROYSTON,GA.: Sign welcoming visitors to Royston, Ga., home of the Ty Cobb Museum. Photo credit: Ty Cobb Museum

080721 ROYSTON,GA.: a display inside the Ty Cobb Museum. Photo credit: Ty Cobb Museum

Former baseball great Ty Cobb autographs a ball for Chris Alford and Tommy Broome. (BILL YOUNG/AJC staff) Undated photo

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Humorist Will Rogers explains one of his rope tricks for baseball great Ty Cobb, right, and his son, Ty Cobb Jr., in this 1920 photograph. (AP Photo)

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