The Real Archibald Graham

By RICK CURTI

Does anyone remember The Movie “Field Of Dreams” starring Kevin Costner. It’s been described as one of the Greatest Baseball Movies of All Time. Did you know there is a lot of truth to the movie and I’m not talking about “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, I’m talking about “Moonlight” Graham. Dr Graham is originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina and played for the Old Charlotte Hornets Baseball Team. (Remember Me mentioning about them in my last article) Like the movie, He only appeared in 1 game and that was with The New York Giants in 1905. After his brief MLB Career, He moved to Minnesota and became a Doctor and passed away in 1965. Growing up watching this movie I always thought the movie was fictional and even though the story may be, the Characters are very real.