Step 1 : Introduction to the question "In 1954, Eddie Mathews was on the first cover of which magazine?"
The first issue of Sports Illustrated is dated Aug. 16, 1954. The cover photo, by Mark Kauffman, famously features future Hall of Fame third baseman Eddie Mathews at the plate for the Braves at Milwaukee's County Stadium. Mathews is regarded as one of the best third basemen ever to play the game. Meanwhile, the magazine would become the most recognized, widely read sports periodical in the English language, and it would have a dramatic influence on public perceptions of what was important in the world of professional and amateur sport in the latter half of the 20th century.