Charlie Cobb inherited a couple of valuable items from his legendary grandfather.
Ty Cobb’s athletic genes were obvious enablers to Charlie Cobb during Friday nights in the early 1960s.
Ty Cobb’s large trust fund, built through good business sense and good connections — resulting in tons of stock in Coca Cola and General Motors — aided Charlie Cobb in building a local business career after injuries short-circuited his football aspirations.
What Charlie didn’t inherit was Ty Cobb’s reputation, which for many decades was cemented as a fierce competitor whose baseball brilliance was matched only by his white-hot intensity.