Scouts ’74-’75 Media Guide

I finally scored a ’74-’75 media guide/yearbook on eBay recently. They rarely show up, and the ones that I’ve seen have gone for ridiculous amounts ($30+), but I managed to get mine for $6. I’m glad I didn't overpay for it, because there’s not a lot to it. The Scouts had of course not yet played a game when the guide was put out, so there was not much to write about and no action photographs. (The photos in the ’75-’76 guide a make it a much more interesting artifact.)

The guide is mostly made up of head shots of front office staff and players, along with brief bios. A couple of highlights are the below letter from Scouts owner/president Edwin Thompson and his bio page.


And for whatever it’s worth, I learned that the Scouts’ Port Huron, Michigan training camps took place at The McMorran Arena, which is in use today as the home of the CHL Port Huron Hawks.


Not an especially exciting piece of Scouts history, but there is not exactly a wealth of Scouts relics to choose from. Just don’t pay too much for it.