• Card series: Pioneer Portraits I: 1850-1874
• City: South Bronx
• Team: Union of Morrisania
• League: National Association (NABBP)

John Goldie (c1836-1871) played 1st base for the NY Mutuals beginning in 1862 and later for the Union Club of Morrisania (the Bronx.) He suffered from TB most of his adult life and blamed his work as type-setter. He credited his outdoor play for prolonging his life.

• With Goldie at 1st, Morrisania beat the Atlantics 14-13 for the 1867 NABBP title
• The Union’s star had four hits in a titanic struggle with the Cincinnati Red Stockings who won13-12 on Sep 4, 1869 as the new professionals began to supplant their amateur forebears
• Goldie succumbed to tuberculosis at age 35 in NYC