Larry Walker Bobblehead Statuette

LARRY WALKER - 2001 NL Batting Champ
Vintage 2002 Collectors Edition

This item is a display collectible NOT a TOY
Bobblehead Statuette - Canadian former professional baseball right fielder

Bobblehead, also known as a nodder, wobbler or bobble head, is a type of collectible toy. Its head is often oversized compared to its body. Instead of a solid connection, its head is connected to the body by a spring or hook in such a way that a light tap will cause the head to bobble, hence the name.

Height: 20 cm
Width head: 5. cm
Width base: 7.5 cm

FREE DELIVERY anywhere, worldwide
(considering the shipping logistic cost of its volume/weight and secure packaging)

Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (born December 1, 1966) is a Canadian former professional baseball right fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his 17-year career, he played for the Montreal Expos (1989–1994), Colorado Rockies (1995–2004), and St. Louis Cardinals (2004–2005). Since 2009, he has coached for the Canadian national baseball team. Widely considered a five-tool talent of prodigious athleticism and instincts, Walker hit for both average and power and, combined with well above-average speed, defence and throwing strength and accuracy. During his playing career, he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg), threw right-handed and batted left-handed. Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 and other sporting halls of fame, Walker was included as one of Canada’s Athletes of the 20th Century in 1999.

History of Bobbleheads: Bobbleheads are thought to date back at least 150 years. The earliest known reference to anything “bobblehead like” is from the 1842 short story “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol. There was a character in this story described as having a neck which was “like the neck of plaster cats which wag their heads”. Several years later ceramic figures of animals, ranging in size from about 6 to 8 inches, were produced in Germany. The heads of these German toys were spring-connected heads and were referred to as “nodders” or “bobbers”. In the 1920s, a New York Knicks basketball player bobblehead was created and this sparked a renewed interest in bobbleheads. However, by the 1930s interest had waned. From 1930- 1950s bobbleheads were only produced in very small numbers as novelty items.