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If you have any interest in any of the following items please, call us at 215-665-1953 or e-mail us at info@albersheims.com. Football Autographs1941 NY Giants-signed 4x6 album page signed by 10 members of the team in jet black fountain pen including: Orville Tuttle (D. 1978), Jim Poole (D. 1994), Chet Gladchuk (D. 1967 - he was elected to the College FB HOF in 1975 for his play at Boston College) Mel Hein (HOF & D. 1992), Bill Owen (D. 1975 - coach on this team and brother of HOF'er - Steve Owen), Doug Oldershaw (D. 1995), Bill Walls(D. 1993), Red McClain (D. 1994), Kay Eakin (D. 1993), and Jim Lee Howell (D. 1995) $2501944 Blue Gray Game Team Signed Photo YA Tittle-This signed and framed team photo with Y.A. Tittle is from the Blue Gray Game 30 December 1944 in Montgomery, Alabama. It measures 22" x 14" and exhibits some edge damage which is partially obscured by the matting. The North team lost to the South team 24 to 7. 26 total signatures. Notable autographs include: YA Tittle LSU, Wally Butts (D. 1973 - College FB HOF, Georgia Coach), Wash Serini (D. 1994) - Kentucky (Bears and Packers NFL), Art Brandau (Tennessee) - Steelers NFL, Denver Crawford, Earle Brown - Tenneesee, HJ Nichols - Rice (Bears, Packers NFL), Ted Cook - Alabama (D. 1990) Lions, Packers NFL, Martin Ruby - Texas A&M (NY Yankees, Yanks, CFL - Canadian FB HOF), Dub Lamb Oklahoma (Bears NFL), Ken Keuper - Georgia (Packers, NY Giants), Carl Voyles - Coach Auburn (later coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers AAFC) D. 1982, Monk Simons - Tulane (D. 1975 - College FB HOF), Curtis Kuykendall - Auburn, Dave Eldredge GA Tech, Herbert Hughes - Georgia, Tex Warrington - Auburn (Brooklyn Dodgers AAFC), Bob McCain - Ole Miss (Brooklyn AAFC), George Owen - Wake Forest, and a few others who's autographs we couldn't make out. Possibly the only surviving photo as this was given to team members $950 1954 Cleveland Browns-(World Champs) The squad that closed out a 9-3 record with a dismantling of the Detroit Lions in the Championship game by a score of 56-10 appears together on this 6" x 9" page in vintage ink. Over 40 blue ink autographs rank in the 9/10 range, except for five which are affected by water droplets that have made the ink bleed. Hardest hit, sadly, is Hall of Famer Frank Gatski, though the others affected are lesser players, leaving fellow Cantonites Len Ford (very rare!), Mike McCormick, Otto Graham, Marion Motley and Chuck Noll in tip-top shape. Lots of toughies $1495 1956 Cleveland Browns-Over 50 autographs on 4 separate album pages all ink that are in the the 9-10 range (sig quality). Autographs include - Len Ford (can be separated), Paul Brown, George Ratterman, Groza, Colo, Gillom, Gain, Plunkett, McCormack, Otto Graham, Renfro, Parilli, Chuck Noll, and many other toughies!!!! $1495 1974 World Football League Contract-Portland Storm contract for Gene Ferguson who was originally a 3rd round pick by the San Diego Chargers in 1969 out of Norfolk State. He also played with the Houston Oilers. He later played in the WFL with the Portland Storm. This contract has been signed by Ferguson, Ron Mix (HOF) GM, and Gary Davidson the World League commissioner from 1974. Very rare $95 Ki Aldrich-(D. 1983) In his sophomore year, 1936, Texas Christian went 9-2-2 and beat Marquette 16-6 in the first Cotton Bowl. TCU was 4-4-2 in 1937 and soared to 11-0 in 1938. TCU was voted national champion in the Associated Press poll and beat Carnegie Tech 15-7 in the Sugar Bowl. Aldrich, 5'-11" and 198 pounds, was a great blocker as a center on offense and a terrific linebacker on defense. His coach, Dutch Meyer, said, "That boy wanted to play football more than anyone I ever knew. He liked in rough." His teammate, Sammy Baugh, called him "the toughest player I ever knew." Life Magazine in 1938 called him "probably the greatest linebacker in history." Aldrich blocked for Baugh in 1936 and for Davey O'Brien in 1937-38. He was named to the all-time Southwest Conference team. He played pro with the Chicago Cardinals and Washington Redskins 1939-42, 1945-47. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1960. Short note signed on a gpc postmarked 1938 $75 Lyle Alzado-tragic death for this Raiders legend. Signed 3x5 card $50 Hunk Anderson-(D. 1978)Called by Knute Rockne as "the greatest lineman he ever coached," Heartley "Hunk" Anderson was a four-year starter at Notre Dame. Playing on Rockne's first team in 1918, Anderson blocked for the immortal George Gipp. After a 3- 1-2 freshman season, Anderson was a member of two undefeated teams in 1919 and 1920. The Irish won 20 consecutive games before being upset by Iowa in 1921. As a senior, Anderson gained first-team All-America status. Against Purdue he blocked two punts and recovered them in the end zone. It was the first time in history a guard had scored two touchdowns in a game. (The feat was matched in 1942 when Alex Agase, a guard for Illinois, scored twice against Minnesota.) During his four varsity seasons, Notre Dame posted a 31-2-2 record. After a four-year career with the Chicago Bears, "Hunk" returned to Notre Dame where he was a line coach under Rockne and later head coach upon Rockne's death in 1931. In three seasons Anderson's teams had a 16-9-2 record. A fitting tribute to Anderson was written by Grantland Rice who noted that "pound for pound Anderson was the toughest man I have ever known." He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page in fountain that Anderson dated 1935 $195 Ike Armstrong-(D. 1983) Ike Armstrong couldn't wait to associate himself with the game of football. He made his Seymour High School team while still an eighth-grade student in Seymour, Iowa, and began a gridiron romance that could reach only one end -greatness. Armstrong lettered as a fullback at Drake during the early 1920s, and his pile-driving style of ball-carrying played an important role in the Bulldogs' perfect seven-game record of 1922. After graduation, he stayed on at the Des Moines campus to coach the freshman team. Then, in 1925, the University of Utah offered Armstrong the head coaching position, and that action marked the start of a 25-year association in which his teams rolled to a 140-55-15 record. He produced five undefeated teams for the Utes, and had five other squads finish with only one regular-season loss apiece. Utah won 12 conference championships under Armstrong. In 1938, Armstrong's Utah club earned its first-ever bowl invitation and captured a 26-0 decision over New Mexico in the Sun Bowl. Armstrong's 1939 Utes led the nation in scoring with 259 points in nine games. However, Armstrong was more than just a football coach. After his Utah days, he was director of athletics at Minnesota 1950-63. Armstrong also coached Utah's basketball team for four years and the track squad for 20 years. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1957. Signed gpc postmarked 1938 .$125 Doug Atkins-signed check $29 Cliff Battles-signed 1977 TD football card $125 Cliff Battles-signed 3x5 card $95 Cliff Battles-vintage signed album page in pencil $95 Sammy Baugh-signed personal check $49 Bert Bell-(D. 1959) signed check from this HOF commissioner $125 Matty Bell-(D. 1983) They called him "Moanin' Matty", because coach Madison Bell was the master of pessimistic predictions, usually used to serve his own best interests. When Bell pulled out the crying towel, opposing coaches became wary. There was good reason. Bell instilled in his players the same cold and calculated approach which dominated his own personal preparations before a game. "When I was coaching at Texas A&M we played Tulane's 1931 Rose Bowl team, and I never forgot the ice-water poise they had in the unexcited way they went about their business", he once recalled. "I told myself that if I ever had a great team I'd try to keep them in the same frame of mind." Bell had that great team in 1935 at Southern Methodist. His Mustangs swept through the 12-game regular season on the way to a co-National Championship, before losing to Stanford, 7-0, in the Rose Bowl. His SMU superstars included, in 1948, Doak Walker and Kyle Rote. Before his years at SMU, Bell coached at Haskell Institute, Carroll College, Texas Christian and Texas A&M. The 1935 SMU squad was the first team from west of the Mississippi (aside from the Pacific Coast Conference teams) to be invited to the Rose Bowl, and that fact helped to put Southwest Conference football on the map. Bell finished his career with 153 victories. He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's in fountain pen $175 Angelo Bertelli-(D) signed 3x5 card from this legendary Heisman winner $95 Bernie Bierman-(D. 1977) It has been said Bernie Bierman,"...never lost his temper, never raised his voice, never shed a tear, never appealed to sentiment and never played tricks on his teams." Bierman, himself, admitted, "I never made an emotional speech in my life." His teams were as low key and fundamental as his own personality, because Bierman believed in simple, common- sense football. And it won games! Starting in 1919, his University of Montana, Mississippi State, Tulane and Minnesota squads compiled a 146-62-12 record. The "Silver Fox of the Northland" gave Minnesota a 93-35-6 slate over a 16-season span which included six Big Ten Championships, five National Championships and five undefeated campaigns. He produced 14 Gopher All-Americans, including Hall of Famers Pug Lund, Ed Widseth, Dick Wildung, Clayton Tonnemaker, Bruce Smith, and Leo Nomellini. There was nothing razzle-dazzle about Bernie Bierman's tactics. It was straight single-wing football, and he was often chastised for running a "dull" offense. In response to his critics, Bierman replied, "If I found that four or five plays were doing the job, we stuck with them. Still, we probably had more plays than our opponents. I always figured that ball control with good execution is the best thing you can have." He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's in fountain pen..$150 Dana X Bible-(D. 1980) He was a sharp, Scripture-quoting son of a Latin and Greek scholar. Dana X. Bible's unspectacular coaching techniques brought solid, fundamental football to the Southwest. At Mississippi College (1913-1915), LSU (1916), Texas A&M (1917, 1919-28), Nebraska (1926-36), Texas (1937-46) -33 years in all- Bible's teams rolled to a 198-72-23 record. All told, Bible squads won 14 conference championships. Bible frowned on fancy football. His idea of living dangerously was a fake-and-run punt formation on third down. In his book, CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL, Bible outlined the importance of scouting an opponent. He required each of his scouts to answer 42 pages of mimeographed questions on each game, and fill out another eight pages with comments and diagrams. Bible was boss at all times, running his clubs in a logical, well-planned manner. Bible began his career as a prep coach in Tennessee, and diligently studied the outstanding gridiron mentors of his time. In 11 years at Texas A&M, Bible did not have a losing season. At Nebraska, he lost only three games in eight seasons of conference competition. At Texas, Bible went 55-13-2 in his last seven years. He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's in fountain pen..$195 Earl Red Blaik- He was head football coach for the United States Military Academy between the 1941 and the 1958 seasons, and for Dartmouth College between the 1934 and the 1940 seasons. During his coaching career Blaik won 166 games lost 48 games and tied 14 games. His Army football teams won consecutive national championships in 1944 and 1945. He was elected to the College Football HOF in 1964. We offer a signed handwritten letter on his letterhead.to famous LA Times sportswriter, Jim Murray thanking him for an article that Murray had written and that he had been tipped off by famous director, Frank Capra .$195 Vic Bottari-(D) College FB HOF. Midway through the 1936 season, California was a struggling 3-4 team that was trailing Southern California 7-6 in the second half. Golden Bear head coach "Stub" Allison looked to the end of his bench and said, "Bottari, get warmed up." The debut of Victor Bottari would transform California into a team that would post a 23-2-1 record over the remainder of his collegiate career. With the ball at mid-field Bottari completed one pass to put Cal at the 31 yard line and another for a touchdown to take the Bears on a two-play drive that proved to be the winning score. The next season saw Bottari become a member of the "Thunder Team" backfield as Cal went undefeated, winning the Pacific Coast and Rose Bowl titles. Losing Rose Bowl coach Frank Thomas of Alabama said after the game, "This California team was tough and that Bottari, ooohhh!" In 1938, California was Pacific Coast co-champion and posted a 10-1 won-lost mark. In his last home game with Cal leading Georgia Tech 13-0, Bottari was substituted for on the next to last play of the game, receiving one of the most thunderous ovations in the history of Memorial Stadium. Signed ANS on an album page from the 1930's $95 Jim Brown-the greatest back of all time has signed this 1984 Gateway stamp cover commemorating his HOF career $50 Paul Brown-signed 3x5 card $50 Buck Buchanan-(deceased at age 52) tough 3x5 of this FB HOF'er $49 Prince Gary "Prink" Callison - (D. 1986) was an American football head coach at the University of Oregon from 1932 to 1937. In 1933 he led the program to its second championship of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Ducks hired Callison in 1932. In 1933, he coached the Ducks to a 9-1 record and a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship with Stanford. Since the two schools did not meet head to head, the decision of which team would play in the Rose Bowl had to be made by the committee. They chose Stanford, on the strength of the school's victory over USC, the only team to have beaten Oregon that year. 1933 would be Callison's best year as the Ducks finished no higher than fourth in the next four seasons. We offer a signed album page signed in fountain pen $35 Eddie Casey-(D. 1966) Mild mannered Eddie Casey loved playing the tease. A master of the roll block, Casey would pop the pins from beneath an enemy runner then don a boyish grin as he helped his victim from the turf. Knowing the ferocity of his play contradicted the gentle personality of the little Harvard halfback. Members of the arch rival Yale team once invited him to join them for dinner. There was crude conversation of "raw meat" football styles until the Eli captain finally asked Eddie how he would like his steak prepared. "Just run the steer in here and I'll take a swipe at him," was Casey's quick retort. Eddie weighed 155 pounds, but his remarkable quickness and agility made him an outstanding player on both offense and defense. He started as a freshman in 1916, then served in the Navy during World War I when Harvard, like most schools, suspended varsity competition. Returning for the 1919 season, Casey led the Crimson through a perfect 10- game regular season and a 7-6 victory over Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Casey earned All-American honors that year. He returned to Harvard in 1931 for a four-season term as Crimson head coach, compiling a 20-11-1 record before settling into a career as a private businessman and government worker. He was elected to the the College FB HOF in 1968. He was the head coach of the Boston Redskins in 1935. We offer a signed album page that he signed his name and wrote (formerly Harvard Football coach - now football coach Boston Redskin Pro Football Team Natl Pro League. How rare is this autograph? ..$495 Guy Chamberlain-signed 3x5 $850 Earl Dutch Clark-signed vintage 3x5 card from the 1960's pers. $75 Earl Dutch Clark-signed GPC $95 Dutch Clark-signed 1977 TD football card $95 Charlie Conerly-(D) signed personal check. Tough signature $75 Charlie Conerly-(D) signed 1959 Topps #65 $95 George Connor-(D. 2003) was a dream lineman with the toughness to stand firm and break up the power-play offenses of enemy clubs. He began his football career at Holy Cross College in 1942 and 1943, then transferred to Notre Dame following World War II. Frank Leahy was returning for a second term as Irish coach, and Connor was to be the best linemen of the era. He opened gaping holes for such outstanding runners as Emil Sitko and Terry Brennan, as Notre Dame rushed to glory once more. During Connor's two seasons in an Irish uniform, he never played in a losing game. The 1946 team finished 8- 0-1, perfection marred only by a scoreless tie with Army. Then, in 1947, it was 9 games of unblemished football. Leahy, looking back to those days, would state: "In the line, we never coached a player superior defensively to tackle George Connor." In 1962 a panel of 400 sports writers and broadcasters selected an all-time Notre Dame eleven. Connor and end Leon Hart each drew 340 votes to share the lead in the balloting. In 1946, Connor was the first winner of the Outland Trophy as the nation's best interior lineman. He was Notre Dame captain in 1947. Connor played eight years with the Chicago Bears and was an all-pro. He is in both the PRO and College FB HOF's. Signed vintage gpc postmarked 1947 $50 Jim Conzelman-HOF'er signed 3x5 card $250 Jack Kent Cooke-(deceased) signed 3x5 card of the former owner of the Redskins $95 Steve Courson-(D) key member of the Steelers Iron Curtain teams who later came out as an admitted steroid user. Died tragically when a tree fell on him. Signed 3x5 card $50 Fritz Crisler-(D. 1982) the father of two-platoon football, was an unruffled, self-possessed individual who directed his teams with a quietly forceful drama that rivaled a military commander. His buck lateral and spinner offense was the most dazzling in football and required Swiss-watch precision, hair breadth timing and flawless faking. A native of Earlville, IL, Crisler starred at end for the University of Chicago from 1919 until 1921, and learned the ins-and-outs of the coaching profession from his own coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg. The single wing became Crisler's bread and butter in a career which saw him compile a record of 116-32-9 at Minnesota (1930-1931), Princeton (1932-1937) and Michigan (1938-1947). The zenith of Crisler's coaching career came in his final season. In that year, 1947, his Michigan Wolverines romped through a perfect nine game regular season, defeated Southern Cal, 49- 0, in the Rose Bowl, and Crisler was named Coach of the Year. Crisler was Michigan director of athletics 1941-68. He was a member of the football rules committee 41 years and its chairman nine years. His real name was Herbert Orin Crisler, and his nickname was "Fritz." He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's $95 Rodney Culver-(D) Indianapolis Colts and U of Miami runningback who died tragically in a plane crash in the Everglades. Signed rookie football card $50 Rodney Culver-(D) signed 3x5 card. $50 Frank (Boley) Dancewicz-(D. 1985) He was the first pick in the first round in the 1946 NFL draft by Boston. He played three years in the NFL as a QB. Signed gpc postmarked 1944 $85 Garrison Davidson-(D. 1992) A career U.S. Army officer and World War II combat commander. In 1930, he returned to West Point as an instructor in the physics department and assistant football coach. In 1933, he became head football coach, finishing in the 1937 season with a record of 35 wins, 11 losses and 1 tie. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's in fountain pen $35 Al Davis-is the only person to have served pro football in such varied capacities as (1) a player personnel assistant, (2) an assistant coach, (3) a head coach, (4) a general manager, (5) a league commissioner and (6) the principal owner and chief executive officer of an NFL team. We offer an 8x10 Sport Magazine photo from 1981 signed by Davis in ballpoint pen. Davis was elected to the Pro FB HOF in 1992 and is the toughest living Hall of Fame autograph. He hates to sign autographs. This was part of my personal collection until I obtained another Davis piece to replace this one. This originates from a huge collection of signed magazine photos that were obtained in person by a Sports Writer. Killer piece $595 Len Dawson-signed 8x10 photo issued by the Pro FB HOF $49 Gil Dobie-(D. 1948) coached Cornell to the National Championship in 1921 & 1922. He quarterbacked the University of Minnesota to its first Big Ten championship in 1900. He coached at the U of Washington from 1908-16 and is the winningest coach in Huskie's history. His .780 lifetime winning percentage still ranks among the best in the country. The most points scored against one of his Washington teams was 20- in an entire season. Had Washington, where he enjoyed his greatest success, been on the more populated and media-rich East Coast, it's likely the name Gil Dobie would be mentioned in the same breath as Pop Warner, Knute Rockne and John Heisman. He also coached at Boston College. Elected to the College FB HOF in 1951. Signed album page from the 30's. Tough $195 Pete Elliott-signed handwritten note on a gpc dated 1948. He played QB at Michigan from 1945-48 and was elected to the College FB HOF in 1994. He was a second-team pick on the Helms All-American team in 1947-48 when he scored a team-high 15 points in Michigan's first NCAA Tournament victory, a 66-49 decision over Columbia in the Eastern Regional third-place game. Elliott earned All-American honors as a quarterback for the Wolverines' 1948 national champion. He later became head football coach at Nebraska (1956), California (1957-59) and Illinois (1960-66), leading Cal and the Illini to Rose Bowl berths. Signed gpc postmarked 1948 .$50 Wes Fesler-(D. 1989) was a three-sport athlete at the Ohio State University, including three consecutive years as a consensus first-team All-America selection in American football. He was later the football head coach at Wesleyan, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, and Minnesota, and the basketball head coach at Harvard and Princeton. He is a member of the College football HOF. We offer a signed gpc postmarked 1951 when he was the coach at Minnesota. He wrote this under his name and also wrote that he played his college football at Ohio State. Cool piece $195 Len Ford-(D. 1972) one of the toughest FB HOF autographs to obtain. Signed 1955 Bowman football card $1495 Dan Fortmann-signed 3x5 card $75 Benny Friedman-(D) the newest member of the FB HOF. Signed and personalized vintage 3x5 card. Beautiful signature $695 Red Grange-This 9.5" x 7.5" photo has been signed and personalized in black fountain pen. Awesome image of him carrying the ball in football garb, but wearing a sweatshirt. One of the best we've ever seen. Most likely signed in the 1930's $495 Bill Gray-(D. 1978 at the age of 56) he was an offensive lineman for the 1947-48 Washington Redskins. We offer a signed handwritten letter on school letterhead (he was a Vice Principal at a high school in Oregon) mentioning following the Red Skins. Rare piece $39 Joe Guyon-signed 3x5 where he listed his nicknames $395 Roger Hagberg-(D. 1970 at the age of 31 in a car accident) played college football at the University of Minnesota, then went to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, playing for them in the 1962 Grey Cup. He was with the Oakland Raiders from 1965 through 1969, playing in the second World Championship game against the Packers, making Hagberg the first man to play in both a Grey Cup game and a Super Bowl. We offer a check dated 4 months before his death to his dentist for $200. This is one of the rarest Raiders autographs in existence $295 Chuck Hajek-(D. 1979) played college fb at Northwestern and South Carolina. Was a member of the 1934 Eagles $25 George Halas-TLS to a college FB HOF'er from 1938 with original envelope with football content $595 Bob Hamilton-(D. 1996) Most Hall of Fame backs are noted for their great ability as a passer or a runner. It is rare when a back gains Hall of Fame recognition for his blocking ability. While Robert Hamilton was a fine runner his forte was blocking. "Bones" led the interference for fellow Hall of Famer Bobby Grayson. The Stanford teams of 1933-35 were known as the "Vow Boys." As freshmen, Hamilton and his teammates made a promise to never lose to Southern California. A promise that was kept. While the pledge was originated by quarterback Frank Alustiza, Hamilton was the player who termed the promise a "vow." In their three varsity seasons the "Vow Boys" posted a 25-4-2 record and became the first team to play in three consecutive Rose Bowls. In 1934 Hamilton was selected as an All-America in a vote of 1,540 players by Liberty Magazine. Hamilton was the team leader and was captain of the 1935 squad. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1972. Signed GPC with his nickname Bones $75 Tom Hamilton-(D. 1994) Rear Admiral Thomas J. Hamilton is best identified as a man who "served his country in war and peace." The National Football Foundation named him to its Hall of Fame as a player in 1965 and awarded him its Gold Medal in 1970. Hamilton attended the U.S. Naval Academy. He was class president and All-America halfback. In 1926 he led the nation in field goals by drop-kick, with six. Navy went 9-0-1 with a national championship. In a 21-21 tie with Army, Hamilton led the charge to Navy's last touchdown and drop kicked the last point with 30 seconds to play. He graduated from the Academy in 1927 and won his wings as a Navy pilot at Pensacola in 1929. He founded the Navy V-5 Pre-flight Training Program in World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Enterprise and was commanding officer some of the time. The Enterprise, an aircraft carrier, took part in the invasion of the Philippines, Palau, Hollandia, Formosa and Iwo Jima. Hamilton's other credentials were equally brilliant. He became Naval Academy head coach at age 28 and served twice, 1934-36 and 1946-47. He was also Navy's athletic director 1948-49. Hamilton moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where he was athletic director 1949-59 and also served as football coach a full season in 1951 and for three games in 1954. He was commissioner of the Pac-8 Conference 1959- 71. Hamilton served as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness, had 16 years on the U.S Olympic Committee, and was vice-president of the National Football Foundation. He is a member of the College Football HOF. We offer a signed album page in fountain pen from the 1930's $50 Woody Hayes-(D) was a college football coach who is best remembered for winning five national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at The Ohio State University. Hayes' lifetime record of 238-72-10 places him ninth in all-time NCAA Division I-A coaching victories. Ultimately, Hayes' volatile temper ended his career. On December 29, 1978 Ohio State played in the Gator Bowl against Clemson. Late in fourth quarter the Buckeyes were down by two points. Quarterback Art Schlichter drove the Buckeyes down the field. On third and five, Coach Hayes had a choice. They could try to run for it, but because Schlichter was having a great game up to that point, they elected to pass. The pass was intercepted by Clemson LB Charlie Bauman, who returned it toward the OSU sideline where he was run out of bounds. As Bauman raised his hands in excitement, Woody, out of anger and frustration, came from nowhere and punched the linebacker in the chest. The next day the Ohio State administration forced the legendary coach to quit. Bauman was not injured by Hayes' action and to his credit shrugged the incident off. Even though the game was being telecast by ABC, announcers Keith Jackson and Ara Parseghian did not comment about the punch. Hours after returning to Columbus, Hayes was informed that he had been fired. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. We offer a first edition book by Woody Hayes, You Win With People from 1973 that Hayes signed on the first page of this hardcover book (comes with DJ) that he wrote Yea Ohio! Ohio State players, Champ Henson (played for the Bengals in the NFL), Bob White (played for the Houston Oilers in 1960 after being named All American at Ohio State), & Richard Mack have also signed the book. Very cool piece $450 Ed Healey-signed 3x5 card $75 William (Pudge) Heffelfinger-(D. 1954) College FB HOF. Played guard for Yale at 6-3, 195-pounds, and was the greatest lineman of his time. All- America selections originated in 1889, and Pudge was on the team. He repeated in 1890-91, his last two seasons at Yale. Heffelfinger continued playing for independent teams and on November 12, 1892, received $500 to help the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club 6-0. This made Pudge the first professional player in the game. In 1893, he coached the University of California to a 5-1-1 record. Pudge launched a business career and published an annual booklet, "Heffelfinger's Football Facts." Pudge was famous for his durability. In 1916, at age 49, he scrimmaged against the Yale varsity. In 1920, age 53, he played 50 minutes for the East All-Stars against the Ohio State All-Stars at Columbus, Ohio. In 1930, age 63, he made his final appearance in a football uniform in an all-star game at Minneapolis. He produced the first sports quiz show on radio and the first spy show, "Secret Agent K-7." He was a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame. We offer a personalized signed 10x8 photo of him doing a broadcast on the radio as an older man (probably from the 1930's or 40's). Super rare $2295 Mel Hein-signed gpc $39 Mel Hein-signed 3x5 card $25 Arnie Herber-signed snapshot photo in green ink throwing a pass $650 Arnie Herber-signed 3x5 card .$495 Marquise Hill-signed rookie card from this up and coming Patriots lineman and LSU star who died tragically in a drowning. $95 Clarke Hinkle-signed postcard photo with a short note on the back of him scoring the winning TD in the 1937 championship game against the Packers $149 Clarke Hinkle-signed postcard photo with a short note on the back of him scoring the winning TD in the 1937 championship game against the Packers. Same as above, but signed on the fron too $195 Clarke Hinkle-signed 1977 TD FB card $95 Steve Hokuf-(D) He was a QB at Nebraska and played in the NFL from 1933-35 for the Boston Redskins. Signed gpc postmarked 1936 $25 Brud Holand-(D. 1985) Holland worked his way through Cornell as a dishwasher and furnace-tender. He was a straight-A student and two-time All-America end. In 1937 he scored twice on Colgate on end-around plays and once on a pass reception. In 1938 he went 57 yards on an end- around, again against Colgate. He graduated with highest honors in 1939, obtained a master's degree at Cornell in 1941 and Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1950. His titles in later life included: president of Hampton Institute, president of Delaware State, U.S. ambassador to Sweden 1970-72, chairman American Red Cross, chairman Salvation Army, chairman Planned Parenthood, the first African American director of the New York Stock Exchange. Also: 1971, Distinguished American Award, National Football Foundation; 1972, Theodore Roosevelt Award, NCAA; 1985, Medal of Freedom (the nation's highest civilian award). He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1965. Signed and dated gpc from 1939 $125 Babe Hollingbery-(D. 1974) is said by many to have coached Washington State to its greatest football era, spanning the years 1926 to 1942. Hollingbery was a graduate of the "School of Hard Knocks"; that is, he never attended college. Hollingbery led the Cougars to several winning seasons, suffering only two losing campaigns. He guided the Crimson and Gray to their first Pacific Coast Conference Championship in over 40 years. Against tough competition from both Pacific and national foes, Hollingbery led WSU to an overall record of 93-53-14 during his career. Hollingbery was head coach of the West in the first Shrine East-West All-Star Game Dec. 26, 1925. He served on the West Staff, either as head coach or assistant, for the first 18 Shrine games, lasting through Jan. 1, 1943. He said the outstanding thing about the players was their contribution to charity. Proceeds of the game go to the Shrine Hospital for crippled children. Some of the great players Hollingbery coached in this game were Brick Muller, Turk Edwards, Rags Matthews, and George Sauer. We offer a signed album page dated 1935 when he was the head coach at Washington State. He is a member of the College Football HOF. Rare $150 Paul Hornung-signed 8x10 photo issued by the Hall of Fame. $49 Cal Hubbard-signed 3x5 from the only man in both the baseball and FB HOF $85 Cal Hubbard-signed book photo artist's sketch $195 Cal Hubbard-signed personal check. NICE $250 Don Hutson-signed vintage 1960's 3x5 card that he wrote Green Bay Packers $79 Don Hutson-signed 1977 Touchdown FB card $95 Don Hutson-signed Goal Line Art card $200 Cecil Isbell-(D. 1985) Packers HOF'er. Named the NFL 1930's All Decade Team. First coach of the Baltimore Colts. Member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed GPC postmarked 1943 that he wrote Purdue under his name. Tough!!! $249 Cecil Isbell-(D. 1985) Packers HOF'er. Named the NFL 1930's All Decade Team. First coach of the Baltimore Colts. Member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed 3x5 card. Tough!!! $195 Vic Janowicz-(D. 1996) signed and personalized 3x5 card $75 Vic Janowicz-(D) This 1950 Heisman Trophy winner out of Ohio State played both in the NFL and Major League baseball. We offer several signed football and baseball cards signed by this tremendous athlete. These are priced per piece, not for all. We have the following: 1954 Topps # 16 (baseball), 1955 Bowman #114 (baseball), and 1985 Kroger's Ohio State Football card (his individual card) $95 Morley Jennings-(D. 1985) Inducted into the College FB HOF in 1973. Was a head football coach for 29 years, spending the final 15 seasons lifting Baylor University's program to national prominence. Jennings had spent the early years of his career coaching at tiny Ouachita before moving to Baylor in 1926. But Jennings' program with the Bears almost didn't get off the ground. Nine of his varsity players were killed in a bus accident following a basketball game in 1927. Grieving, yet undaunted, Jennings began the difficult task of rebuilding the Bear team. Baylor rebounded from a 2-7-0 mark in 1927, to an 8-2-0 record. The losses were by narrow margins - to rivals Arkansas and Texas. In the three years following the fatal accident, Jennings regrouped the Bears and led them to a 21-8-2 record. During that time, he developed a sensational guard, Barton Koch, Baylor's first All-America. Koch would later be elected to this Hall of Fame. During his coaching term at the Waco, Texas school, Jennings amassed a record of 83-60-6. However, it was more than the record book which made Jennings a great coach. Signed gpc postmarked 1936 $75 Homer Jones- played for the National Football League's New York Giants from 1964 to 1969, and for the Cleveland Browns in 1970. The Giants offered Jones a bus ticket to New York and payment for knee surgery. Known as "Rhino" to his teammates, he wore uniform number 45 in New York. Having seen players such as Giant teammate Frank Gifford and Green Bay Packers star Paul Hornung celebrate touchdowns by throwing the ball to fans in the stands, Jones decided to come up with his own post-touchdown maneuver. In a 1965 game, he scored a touchdown and threw the football down hard into the end zone. He called the move a "spike," and modern post-touchdown celebrations, including "touchdown dances," are said to have evolved from Jones' invention of spiking the ball. In 1967, Jones had his best season, catches 49 passes for 1,209 yards, an average of 24.7 yards per catch, and 13 touchdowns, leading the NFL in receiving touchdowns. He was second in the league in combined rushing and receiving yards from scrimmage behind Leroy Kelly of the Browns. He made the NFL's Pro Bowl that season and the next. He is known as a recluse today and doesn't sign autographs. We offer a signed 3x5 slip of paper from the 1964 season $50 Lloyd Jordan-(D. 1990) Lloyd Jordan arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in the fall of 1920, recruited as a basketball player. But he also competed in football, baseball, and track. He captained the basketball team as a junior and the football team as a senior. He coached both sports at Jeannette, Pennsylvania High School 1924-27, moved to Colgate as assistant football coach 1928- 31. Amherst hired him as director of athletics, football coach, and basketball coach. He served at those jobs 1932-42, 1946-49 with three years out for military service. His football coaching record at Amherst was 76-37-4. Jordan moved to Harvard 1950-56 and his record was 24-31-3. This made his career totals 100-68-7. From 1960 through 1973 he was commissioner of the Southern Conference. Jordan served as president of the American Football Coaches Association, president of the Collegiate Commissioners Association, and member of the NCAA football rules committee. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1978. Signed gpc postmarked 1938 .$50 Charlie Choo Choo Justice-(D - College FB HOF) Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice was a winner all the way. He led Edwards High School in Asheville, NC to two unbeaten seasons. He played in the game matching North Carolina all-stars against South Carolina all-stars and scored three touchdowns. After high school, he spent four years in the Navy in World War II. Part of that time he was a star on the football team at Bainbridge Naval Center. After his discharge, he was offered a pro football contract. He chose instead, at age 22, to start college. He was the starting tailback four years in the single-wing formation coached by Carl Snavely at North Carolina. North Carolina had a 32-9-2 record in his time (1946-49). He was named All-America in 1948 and 1949 and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting both years. A book was written, "Choo Choo." A song, "All the Way with Choo Choo," was recorded by the Benny Goodman band. Justice set a school record for total offense that lasted for 45 years. Among his achievements: 1946--As a freshman against Virginia, Justice carried the ball 17 times and gained 170 yards. 1948--He led North Carolina to a 9-1-1 record a national ranking of No. 3, highest in school history. He gained 766 yards rushing and 846 passing. He returned 19 punts for an average of 17.5 yards, five kickoffs for an average of 18 yards. His punting average, 44.1 yards, led the nation. He was named the Most Valuable Player in the 1950 College All Star Game, leading the college team to a 17-7 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. He played for the Washington Redskins 1950-54. One page signed handwritten letter that he talks about achieving his dreams on the gridiron and all the great players from Texas including - Sam Baugh and Davy O'Brien $95 Andy Kerr-(D. 1969) became the arch-apostle of the lateral pass. In fact, he was the first coach to emphasize the downfield lateral, a rugby tactic which was to revolutionize American football offenses. "The public likes razzle-dazzle," he would explain, "but I use laterals mostly as whip-crackers beyond the scrimmage line - not behind it...it serves to keep tacklers off balance." A mathematics teacher, Kerr learned his football as an assistant coach under Pop Warner at Pitt and Stanford and several observers felt Kerr taught the double-wing better than Warner. Kerr went on to a 26-year coaching career, compiling an overall record of 137-71-14 during campaigns at Stanford (1922-1923), Washington & Jefferson (1926-1928), Colgate (1929-1946) and Lebanon Valley (1947-1949). He hit the jackpot at Colgate when his 1932 team finished undefeated, untied, unscored-upon...and uninvited to the Rose Bowl. Kerr served 40 years with the Shrine East-West All- Star game at San Francisco, 23 years as East Coach, 1928- 50, and 17 years as chairman of East Player selection Committee, 1951-67. He is a member of the College Football HOF. We offer a signed album page in fountain pen dated May 21, 1935 that he wrote Colgate University..$125 Walt Kiesling- Stars-on-Stripes" was a company that manufactured a football board game and, by inconclusive explanation, also published this medium. It provides a season schedule for the 1941 Pittsburgh Steelers along with photos of the franchise's three principals-Team President Arthur J. Rooney, Head Coach Bert Bell, and Assistant Coach Walt Kiesling (whose name is misspelled "Keisling" on the sheet.) Since their entry in the NFL, the Pittsburgh team was known as the Pirates. Possibly due to legal entanglements, or perhaps because the gridiron Pirates hadn't fared well in the standings, owner Rooney adopted the name "Steelers" for the onset of the '41 season. A year earlier, Rooney had extended an offer to Bell to gain part ownership of the team and the post as head coach. Meanwhile, the very capable Kiesling aspired not to be a head coach, but rather preferred the next subordinate position. And so, it was in this framework that "Stars-on-Stripes" prepared this medium, which now holds autographs of the three worthy Hall of Famers. It's a blank-backed sheet now measuring 8-1/2" x 9-1/4" and, doubtless, it once extended further to include autographs of the Steelers' players. Little is lost by this omission though, as the Steelers finished the 1941 schedule with a 1-9-1 record on the strength of a roster entirely composed of forgettable obscurity; indeed the fame of the franchise rested with the executives. All three signatures were inked in fountain pen, and all sharply project at a strength of "10" (with Kiesling scripting his full name-"Walter Kiesling"). $3900 Bobby Layne-signed 8x10 photo in Lions uniform. Great piece $295 Bobby Layne-signed 1962 Topps football card #138 of the Steelers. He was leading the team at that point in his career $150 Tom Lieb-(D) two time All-American lineman at Notre Dame, a track star, and later the head hockey coach. He later became an assistant coach under Knute Rockne. When Rockne suffered from physical ailments (phlebitis) in the late 20's, Lieb was called upon to call the plays during games and coach in Rockne's absence (1929). He is one of the forgotten heroes in Irish history. We offer a signed album page when he was the head coach at Loyola U in L.A (later Loyola Marymount - he would also coach at Florida). Here's the kicker, On March 31, 1931, Knute Rockne, age 43, was on his way to Los Angeles where he was to speak at the Breakfast Club meeting in the Biltmore Hotel and later to meet the executives of the motion picture company that was to make the movie "The Spirit of Notre Dame," in which he was to play himself. Tom Lieb was waiting at the hotel for his arrival, when news reached the Nation that Rockne's' plane had gone down near Bazaar, KS, killing all aboard. So apparently with Rockne's death (or before?), Lieb was offered and accepted the head coach position. One need only imagine what kind of a powerhouse Loyola might have become, if Rockne had indeed accepted the post and lived to coach in Westchester. Although, Lieb did have a good coaching record, and was responsible for bring NCAA hockey to the school. We offer a signed album page that he signed his name and wrote Loyola U..$95 Big Daddy (Lipscomb)- On May 10, 1963, Gene Lipscomb's 10 year NFL career and life ended. After a night of drinking and partying with two women, Eugene collapsed in a kitchen in Baltimore. He had overdosed on heroin. According to the Sports Illustrated profile, the city's assistant medical examiner, Dr. Rudiger Breitenecker, found enough dope inside him to have killed five men. Lipscomb died in the ambulance at the age of 31. He was a key member of the 1958 Baltimore Colts and was the first pro-typical modern day NFL lineman. He has an outside shot at the Pro FB HOF. Nice cut signature from the 1959 Pro Bowl program $495 Vince Lombardi-signed Packers payroll check made out to Packers HOF'er -JackVainisi who also signed the back of this 1959 check. Vainisi served as the Packer talent scout from 1950 until his untimely death in 1960 at age 33. Vainisi drafted many NFL stars including at least 10 players in the Packer Hall of Fame. In a day when pro football organizations still drafted from college press guides and over-the-counter football magazines, Jack Vainisi set up an intricate information gathering system. Vainisi scouted and drafted many Packers of the '50s and the young players who became the stars of the Lombardi Era. Vainisi died before he could see his hard work pay off in the championship Packer teams of the 1960s $650 Vince Lombardi-signed Packers payroll check made out to Packers HOF'er - In 1924, Verne Lewellen was the first high profile back signed by the Packers. Captain of the 1923 University of Nebraska team, the 6'2", 180-pound Lewellen could run, pass and kick and was a legendary punter. In nine seasons, from 1924-'32, Lewellen rushed for 37 touchdowns. His soaring 50- and 60-yard punts were key factors as the Packers beat the New York Giants in a key 1929 game that led to their first NFL championship.A law school graduate, Lewellen was elected Brown County district attorney in 1929 while still playing. He retired in 1933 as the leading Packer scorer at that time with 307 points. Lewellen was named the first Packer general manager in 1954 and later served as Packer business manager. He died in 1980 and is a member of the Packers HOF. We offer this Packers payroll check made out to Lewellen and signed by him on the back. Two Great Packers HOF'ers $650 Vince Lombardi-signed Green Bay Packers check made out for cash dated 1960. Nice signature $595 Vince Lombardi-unsigned handwritten letter on the back of a letter written to him that his secretary would then transcribe and type into letter format $295 Joe Don Looney-(D. 1988 tragic death) running back in the National Football League for four different teams. He played as a running back for the Cameron Junior College Aggies of Lawton, Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Sooners in college, and later a member of the New York Giants, the Baltimore Colts, the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, and the New Orleans Saints over the span of a six year career. During his first semester at Texas, Looney received four Fs and one D mark. Looney responded by dropping out and enrolling at Texas Christian. He was eventually kicked out of school there and transferred to Cameron Junior College, where he played for Leroy Montgomery. He set a punting record in the 1961 Junior Rose Bowl, as his team won the junior college national championship. He made All-American with Oklahoma in 1962, leading them to the Big Eight Conference Championship. He played in only three games in 1963. Coach Bud Wilkinson kicked him off the team after Looney punched a graduate-assistant coach. The New York Giants made him their 1st round selection in the 1964 NFL Draft. He was with the team 25 days. The Giants traded him to the Baltimore Colts just before the '64 season. Joe Don was only given 23 carries that entire season with Baltimore. The Colts traded Looney to the Detroit Lions following the 1964 season. He put together one good season, racking up 114 carries for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns. While with Detroit, coach Harry Gilmer wanted Looney to carry in a play to the quarterback. Looney refused and told Gilmer "If you want a messenger boy, call Western Union." Detroit traded him to the Washington Redskins. His tenure in Washington was largely uneventful. He had 55 carries for 178 yards. The only highlight of his time with the Redskins came on a play in which he didn't even have the ball. He was pass protecting for quarterback Sonny Jurgensen on a play, and ended up leveling an onrushing pass rusher with a right hook to the jaw. In 1968, Looney was called up by the United States Army to go to Vietnam. When he returned to the States, he signed on with the New Orleans Saints. He had three carries for -3 yards with the Saints that year, and retired after the season. After his retirement from football he converted to Hinduism and joined the Siddha Yoga movement led by Swami Muktananda. Stan Trout, a fellow convert, alleged that Looney was one of Muktananda's "enforcers" who intimidated people into obeying him. He died at the age of 45 on September 24, 1988 near Luna Vista north of Terlingua, Texas when his motorcycle ran off a rural highway and crashed into a fence. There were no skidmarks on the road. We offer a signed album page from 1964. RARE $195 Sid Luckman-(D) incredibly rare signed personal check. This one is from 1994. We've never seen another one and Luckman is known for using a ghost signer the last 10-15 years of his life. One of only 2 Jewish members of the Pro Football HOF. Cool item!! $395 Sid Luckman-(D) Legendary Chicago Bears HOF QB signed GPC from the 1960's $75 Link Lyman-signed 3x5 card $225 Link Lyman-signed GPC $249 John Mara- (D) was a co-owner of the New York Giants. Jack was the son of Tim Mara and brother of Wellington, and served as the team's president for 31 years. He became co-owner of the team, along with Wellington, upon the death of his father in 1959. It is believed that if he had lived as long as his brother, Wellington, he too would be in the Pro FB HOF. We offer an NFL NY Giants contract for Keith Beebe after he was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1943 NFL draft (he played the 1944 season). This contract has only been signed by Mara, as it was Beebe's original copy. Also comes with a photo of Beebe punting a football. Cool and rare $295 Johnny (Blood) McNally-signed 3x5 card $750 Jim Mello-After an all-star career at Notre Dame, Jim Mello played professional football in the NFL and AAFC for the Chicago Rockets, LA Rams, Detroit Lions, and Boston Yanks from 1947-49. We couldnt find any record of whether hes still living or deceased. Needless to say, this is a tough autograph. We offer a signed gpc postmarked from South Bend in 1946 .$50 LR Dutch Meyer-(D. 1982) Football men throughout the Southwest knew Leo "Dutch" Meyer as "The Saturday Fox", for he was a master at pulling the major upset. Fiery, confident and imaginative, Meyer was an excellent orator and given to inspirational pep talks. Meyer spent his entire career at TCU, and folks around Fort Worth knew him as "Mr. Football". Meyer entered the profession as Horned Frogs' freshman coach in 1923, and was named head coach in 1934. He tutored two of the greatest passers in the history of the game - Sammy Baugh and Davey O'Brien. Meyer's career hit the zenith in 1938 when TCU won the National Championship after outscoring the competition, 269- 60, in 11 games. That included a 15-7 victory over Carnegie Tech in the Sugar Bowl. During the Sammy Baugh era, TCU lost only seven of 38 games. Aside from Baugh and O'Brien, Meyer developed eight more outstanding All-Americans, including Ki Aldrich, I.B. Hale, and Darrell Lester. He was born January 15, 1898 in Ellinger, Texas. He played end on the Texas Christian football team in 1916-17, and again in 1920-21. He won 11 letters in football, baseball, and basketball at TCU. He graduated with a degree in geology and spent one summer pitching in the minor leagues. He coached football one year at Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth, then joined the Texas Christian staff as the coach of all freshman sports. In 1934, he moved up to varsity football coach and had a record of 109-79-13 in 19 years. After his last football season, 1952, he served as Texas Christian athletic director for 11 years. He also coached the baseball team in 1956 and won the Southwest Conference championship. He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's that he wrote Texas Christian University $150 Mike Michalske-signed 3x5 card .$95 Mike Michalske-signed 1977 Touchdown football card .$125 Wayne Millner-signed 3x5 card of this HOF'er $125 Bobby Moore-signed 8x10 Sport Magazine photo while he was playing at Oregon. Also comes with the same exact photo signed Ahmad Rashad. 2 Pieces. RARE!!! $149 Joe Morrison-(D. 1989) played for the New York Giants and an American football coach best known as the head coach at the University of South Carolina. He had a long career with the Giants, playing from 1959 to 1972. He holds the Giants' team record for receptions, with 395 catches, from seven different quarterbacks; over his career his plays gained 4,993 yards. Morrison was known as "Old Dependable" because of his willingness and ability to play any position he was asked to play. His jersey number (#40) has been retired by the Giants. Other than his NFL years, he is best remembered as the head coach at South Carolina, and is still often regarded as the greatest coach in the program's history, despite only serving six years in that position before his death. Morrison took the Gamecocks to three postseason games (1984 and 1987 Gator Bowl and the 1988 Liberty Bowl). We offer a signed album page from the 1964 season..$49 Bronko Nagurski-signed short handwritten note about it being too cold for him to write $125 Damien Nash-(Deceased 2007) this Broncos runningback died during the offseason of a rare heart ailment at the age of 24 after attending a charity basketball game. Signed Donruss Leaf Rookie Stars #69/150 (sanctioned signing). Tough!!! $95 Greasy Neale-signed 3x5 with extensive listing/resume of his entire football career. This is awesome $595 Jess Neely-(D. 1983 - College FB HOF) When a man toils for 40 years within the ranks of collegiate coaching it is a credit, if he leaves the profession with the deepest respect of his peers. Jess Neely was such a man, honored and respected by his fellow coaches. He was elected president of the American Football Coaches Association and later received the association's Stagg Award for contributions to football. Neely played end and halfback at Vanderbilt and was captain of the 1922 team. He obtained a law degree at Vanderbilt, then went into coaching at Southwestern (now Rhodes College) 1924-27. For the next three years he was assistant football coach and head baseball coach at Alabama. Next came the head coach's job at Clemson 1931-39. His 1939 team beat Boston College 6-3 in the Cotton Bowl. Rice hired him, and he stayed 27 years 1940-66. He won four Southwest Conference championships and was in seven bowl games. During his time Rice built a stadium seating 70,000. His overall record for 40 years was 207-176-19. We offer a 2 page handwritten letter from 1982 that he writes about how money has changed the game of football $150 Ernie Nevers-signed postcard photo of Nevers running with the football. Nice..$149 Ernie Nevers-signed 3x5 card $95 Ernie Nevers- signed very rare FB HOF postcard with his bust $175 Walter Payton-(D) signed 8x10 vintage Sport Magazine photo from his playing career $95 Mike Pecarovich-(D) Successful football-baseball coach, inspirational leader, dynamic speaker, gifted alumnus." Pecarovich arrived from Seattle by way of Santa Clara University in time to play various positions, including quarterback as a senior, for some of Coach Gus Dorais' good teams of the early 1920s. He came back from California again from varied coaching successes, this time as head coach, in 1931. Among his football students were Max Krause, Ike Peterson, George Karamatic and Tony Canadeo. Archrival Washington State College was a particular Pecarovich victim - one four-year stretch included three Gonzaga wins and a scoreless tie. His outgoing personality and interest in dramatic arts carried Pecarovich into featured roles in Bing Crosby films. He was in demand as an inspirational speaker throughout his adult life. We offer a signed album page when he was the coach at Gonzaga dated 1935 $50 Jimmy Phelan-(D. 1974) Jimmie Phelan was the quarterback on the last three teams coached by Jesse Harper at Notre Dame 1915-17. Phelan joined the Army Air Corps and was a pilot in France in World War I. He was head coach at Missouri 1920-21 where his teams posted a combined 13-3 record. His next stop was Purdue 1922-29. The 1929 team was unbeaten and won the Big 10. He was at Washington 1930-41 and won the Pacific Coast Conference in 1936. Phelan coached St. Mary's College in Moraga, California 1942-47; his 1945 team was in the Sugar Bowl and his 1946 team in the Oil Bowl. Phelan then went to the pros, coaching the New York Titans, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Colts. After his coaching days he served three terms on the board of commissioners of Sacramento County, California. Phelan died November 14, 1974 at age 81. His overall record for 28 years of college coaching was 137-87-14. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1973. We offer a signed album page in fountain pen signed during the 1930's .$125 Jake Plummer-signed Arizona Cardinals Payroll check from 2000 also signed by Bill Bidwell Jr $150 Fritz Pollard-was the first African American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920. Pollard played college football at Brown University and later played professional football with the Akron Pros, the team he would lead to the NFL (APFA) championship in 1920. In 1921, he became the co-head coach of the Akron Pros, while still maintaining his roster position as running back. He was elected to the Pro FB HOF in 2005 and since his election, we have seen only 4 other examples of his autograph come onto the market. We offer a signed 3x5 card that he signed and also wrote Brown University. SUPER TOUGH!!!! $2295 RW (Ducky) Pond-(D. 1982) served as the head coach of the Yale University football team from 1934 to 1940, compiling a 30-24-2 record, 4-3 versus Harvard.[1] Pond, after attending high school in Torrington, Connecticut, his birthplace, and the Hotchkiss School, was a member of the Yale Class of 1925, a 1924 first-team All-American at halfback. During Pond's tenure as coach, Yale produced back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners. End Larry Kelley in 1936 and halfback Clint Frank in 1937 were the second and third winners of the most prestigious individual award in football. Among the total of 21 assistants employed by Pond at Yale, future President Gerald Ford served for four seasons, 1937-1940, while attending Yale Law School. Pond starred in the The Game in 1923. Pond was nicknamed Ducky by Grantland Rice for returning a fumble 63 yards that afternoon against Harvard on a field that resembled "seventeen lakes, five quagmires and a water hazard".Yale hadn't scored a touchdown versus Harvard since the end of World War I. We offer a signed album page in black fountain pen $75 Barney Poole-(D) Wartime eligibility policies gave Barney Poole seven varsity seasons, and football one of its greatest big-play ends. Poole began his career at Mississippi in 1942, played with the North Carolina V-12 unit in 1943, moved to Army for the 1944-46 campaigns, then returned to Ole Miss for two final seasons. During this time, Poole amassed no less than seven football, eight baseball and seven basketball letters. In football, he was an All-American choice at Army in 1944, and at Mississippi in 1947 and 1948. His secret was a "feel" for the game, particularly on defense, and the talent was best displayed in the final seconds of the 1946 Army-Navy game. The Cadets were battling to preserve a third straight undefeated season, leading 21-18, when the Midshipmen advanced deep into Army territory. Twice, Poole made game-saving tackles, the last when he hauled Navy's Pete Williams down at the Cadet 4 yard line, ending the final threat with just seven seconds left in the game. "Barney never made a better tackle, or one that meant as much", praised Army coach Red Blaik. Poole followed college ball with seven successful years as a pro. He is a member of the Collge FB HOF. Signed gpc postmarked 1947 $50 Buford Baby Ray-legendary Packers player signed 1977 Touchdown Football Card $95 Andy Reid-signed Packers document also signed by Gary Reynolds from 1994 fining Wayne Simmons and Charles Jordan for being late to meetings. Comes with a bunch of other documents plus a few pages of plays. One of a kind $295 Daniel Reeves-(D. 1971) One of game's greatest innovators. . .Opened up West Coast to major sports by moving Rams to Los Angeles, 1946. . . Experiments in game TV paved way for modern NFL policies. . .First post-war NFL owner to sign an African-American (Kenny Washington), 1946. . . First to employ full-time scouting staff. Elected to the Pro FB HOF in 1967. One of the toughest HOF autographs to obtain. We offer an NFL Cleveland Rams player contract from 1942 signed in black fountain pen. RARE $1750 Chuck Riffle-(D) a guard out of Notre Dame, he played in the pros from 1944-48 for the Cleveland Rams and NY in the AAFC. Signed gpc postmarked 1939 $25 John Riggins-signed 8x10 color photo running against the Dolphins $195 John Riggins-signed 8x10 magazine photo picturing Riggins as NY Jet. This piece was signed during his playing career in-person. From one of the toughest living FB HOF'ers $149 Don Rogers-(TRAGIC DEATH) Don Rogers was selected in the first round with the 18th pick of the 1984 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He played two seasons with the Browns from 1984 to 1985, winning Defensive Rookie of the Year in his rookie season. On a June day in 1986, while at his mother's home, Don felt searing pain, jumped on a bed and within hours he died. The cause of death was cocaine poisoning. He died only eight days after Len Bias, an NBA draft pick who also died of cocaine abuse, starting a national discussion about the relationship between drugs and athletes. See 1982 UCLA Bruins under our team signed football section. Art Rooney-(D) signed 3x5 card from the founding father and HOF'er of the Pittsburgh Steelers. $125 Phil Sarboe-(D. 1985) played his college ball at Washington State where he later became the head football coach. He played in the NFL from 1934-36 as a HB/QB for the Redskins, Cardinals, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Signed note on a gpc postmarked 1935 $40 George Sauer-(D. 1994) The Cornhuskers All-America selection had led Nebraska to a 23-4-1 record in three varsity seasons. Sauer stood 6-2 and weighed 195- pounds. In three varsity years he rushed for 1,570 yards, passed for 701, and did the punting. He played for the Green Bay Packers three years, then became a college head coach at New Hampshire 1937-42, Kansas 1946-47, Navy 1948-49, and Baylor 1950-59, with three and a half years out for Navy service. Both his Kansas teams won conference titles, and his Baylor teams were in three bowl games. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1954. Signed gpc postmarked 1935 $50 Gale Sayers-signed 8x10 photo issued by the Pro FB HOF $75 Bill Shepherd-(D. 1967) played in the NFL from 1935-40 for the Boston Redskins and Detroit Lions. Tough signed gpc postmarked 1935 $95 O Jay Simpson-signed 3x5 card (with information) while he was at USC dated 1967. Wow $125 John Sisk-(D. 1986) played for the Chicago Bears for five seasons on the same team as Red Grange and was a member of two world championship teams. In 1936, he was selected as an all-pro and was inducted into the Chicago Bears Hall of Fame in 1957. His son, John Jr., was a running back for the Chicago Bears (1964-66) and were the first father-son combination to play pro football for the same team and the only one to play for the same coach (George Halas). Signed gpc with short letter postmarked 1935 $75 Clipper Smith-(D) played guard for the Irish running interference for the legendary George Gipp. A disciple of Knute Rockne, he had previously coached Gonzaga in Spokane, Washington, and was greatly regarded for his sharp mind for offensive football strategy. Along with other well-known coaches Howard Jones of U.S.C. and Pop Warner of Stanford, Smith would write weekly syndicated newspaper columns on football strategy and tactics. An educated man, he would use sophisticated, and often military sounding language in addressing his players. His teams would "deploy" instead of "setting up" on the field. His 1929 pregame comments about Santa Clara's game with California were typical, "The strength of California being an unknown quantity makes it hard to predict the outcome - our reserve roster is pitifully weak at the present time due to injuries and other attendant circumstances. However, if this injury jinx departs now and at the game, we can present a fairly formidable offense and defense, making it a busy afternoon for California, and a pleasing spectacle for the fans out to see the Bears in preliminary action." Former players would comment how they would have to run to the dictionary after hearing Clippers chalk talk. Smith was also known as a rather dour gloomy sort who, being very superstitious, would assign his teams success or failure to "luck" or the "jinx", thus his nickname "Maurice the Morose". He would coach at Santa Clara in tandem with Buck Shaw. Later he became coach for the Boston Yanks in the NFL from 1947-48. We offer a signed album page in fountain pen..$50 Amos Alonzo Stagg-(D. 1965) coached at U. of Chicago for 41 seasons and College of the Pacific for 14 more; 314-199-35 record; elected to both college football and basketball HOF's. Signed Album paged in fountain pen from the 1930's..$150 Dr. Mal Stevens-(D. 1979) elected to the College FB HOF in 1974 as a QB from Yale. He was the first football coach of NYU and the first football coach of Brooklyn in the AAFC. To top this off he was also an orthopedic surgeon. GPC postmarked 1935 $75 Lon Stiner-(D) During his tenure as head football coach of Oregon State, he compiled a 74-49-17 record, setting school records for wins, and winning percentage (.589). His best season came in 1939, when his team went 9-1-1 and a win in the Pineapple Bowl against Hawaii, 39-6. Stiner coached in one of the greatest upset ties in NCAA history. On October 21, 1933, eleven Beaver "Iron Men" fought USC to a scoreless tie in what many consider to be the greatest game in Oregon State football history. The Trojans, two-time national champions, brought an 80-man squad to Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon, and saw a 25-game win streak splattered by the Beavers. The Beavers did not make a substitution, playing only eleven men, each of whom played both ways for the entire 60 minutes. Stiner was also the head coach of another famous game in Beaver football history. His 1941 team played in the 1942 Rose Bowl. This game produced two important firsts. It was OSU's first-ever trip to the famous New Year's Day classic, and it remains the only Rose Bowl ever played outside of Pasadena, California. The reason for the move out of Pasadena was due to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941. The game was played at Duke University's Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, with the undefeated Blue Devils picked as 3-1 favorites. Oregon State pulled off the upset and won, 20-16. Stiner, at 38, was the youngest head coach in Rose Bowl history. We offer a signed album page in black fountain pen $50 Ken Strong-signed 3x5 card .$69 Ken Strong-signed personal check .$95 Ken Strong-handwritten signed letter dated 1969 on a 3x5 card .$75 Ken Strong-signed 1977 TD football card $95 Jock Sutherland-(D. 1948 and elected to the College FB HOF in 1951). We offer a rare signed album page when he was coach at Pitt in black fountain pen..$295 Jock Sutherland-(D. 1948 and elected to the CHOF in 1951) was the single-wing formation's technician and its most effective practitioner. During a 20-year coaching career at Lafayette (1919-1923) and Pittsburgh (1924-1938), his teams had a combined record of 144-28- 14. A dour, unmarried Scotsman, Sutherland was hardly a man of excesses or visible emotion. His personality mirrored the cold, calculated techniques of his teams. Pop Warner looked at Sutherland's single wing and admitted, "He put more punch into it than any other coach." In truth, Sutherland's opponents were helpless to his attack. In 1935, with a sophomore-dominated Pitt team, Sutherland led the Panthers to a 7-1-2 record. The next season, his third ranked Panthers went 8-1-1 and beat Washington, 21-0, in the Rose Bowl. In 1937, his team went undefeated and won the national crown, then shocked the country by becoming the first team to publicly decline a Rose Bowl invitation. The older players had already played in Pasadena once and wanted their Christmas holiday. Following his collegiate coaching career, Sutherland turned to professional football for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and another two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His record in the NFL was 28-16-1. We offer a TLS to NFL player Tony Gallovich (Rams) when he was at Wake Forest in 1940 on Brooklyn Dodgers Football letterhead about playing for the Dodgers. Super RARE $495 Frank Szymanski-(D. 1987)was the captain of the Notre Dame football team in the 1940s and went on to play in the NFL from 1945-49 for the Lions, Eagles (Championship team), and Bears. He was a first round pick. We offer a signed gpc postmarked from the 1940's $50 Derrick Thomas-signed '92 Proline gum card $95 Derrick Thomas-signed 3x5 card $75 Frank Thomas-(D. 1954) played quarterback at Notre Dame from 1920-22. He went to Georgia as an assistant coach from 1923-24, then worked as head coach at Chattanooga from 1925-1928 and Alabama from 1931-1942, 1944-1946. (Alabama had no team in 1943). His record at Chattanooga was 26-9-2, at Alabama 108-20-7. Overall, he was 134-29-9, a winning percentage of .805. His Alabama teams were 5-1 in bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange Bowls). Among the famous Alabama players he coached were Don Hutson, Bear Bryant, Vaughn Mancha, Harry Gilmer, Johnny Cain, and Riley Smith. Thomas was a solid coach who claimed material was 60% of the game. The coach's knowledge, ability to impart it to the players, his organization of practices and his personality accounted for the other 40% of the game. "Keep the players high," he insisted, "and make practice a pleasure but not a lark. Be a disciplinarian, but not a slave-driver." He is a member of the College Football HOF (elected in 1951). We offer a signed album page from the 1930's signed in fountain pen that he wrote Coach Frank Thomas University of Alabama .$495 Jim Thorpe-signed photo from his estate signed on the front and on the verso. Measures 8x10 in size. Awesome!!!! $2495 George Trafton-signed 3x5 card $195 George Trafton-signed GPC $250 Johnny Unitas-signed gorgeous 8x10 color photo of this QB legend $195 Johnny Unitas-signed 3x5 card $125 Billy Vessels-(D) super tough Heisman Trophy Winner out of Oklahoma in 1952. We offer his signed 1954 Topps #120, 1957 Topps #29 $195 Doak Walker-(D) signed Jim Thorpe First Day Cover from 1984 of this legendary Heisman winner $49 Bill Walsh-signed Dennis Green (also signed by Coach Green) autobiography, No Room For Crybabies. Green coached under Walsh in San Fran. Nice!!! $149 Glenn "Pop" Warner - (D. 1954) helped fashion football in many ways. Consider the facts: he was the first to coach the dummy- scrimmage; he introduced the practice of numbering plays; he was the first to teach the spiral punt and one of the first to advocate the spiral pass; he was the first to use the football huddle; he invented the double-wing formation, with an unbalanced line for more blocking strength. From 1895 through 1938, his teams at Georgia, Cornell, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Temple rolled to a combined record of 319-106-32. He had 47 players selected to the All- America football team, including the legendary Jim Thorpe. What else did Warner come up with during his illustrious career? How about mousetrap plays, the screen pass, the rolling block, the naked reverse, hidden-ball plays, series plays, the unbalanced line and backfield. All came from Warner's fertile and imaginative mind. He also left another kind of legacy: "You cannot play two kinds of football at once, dirty and good.... You play the way you practice. Practice right...and you will react right." Glenn Scobey Warner was born April 5, 1871, in Springville, New York. He enrolled at Cornell University and, as the oldest freshman, was given the nickname "Pop". He played guard on the football team 1892-94. He died Sept. 7, 1954. A national network of football leagues for junior players was named for him. In 1997 the U.S. Postal Service issued a 32-cent Pop Warner stamp. He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's. ..$350 Fred Washington-(D) signed 1990 Score Football card #625. Washington died tragically in a car crash $49 Kenny Washington-(D. 1971) was the first All-American in the history of the University of California-Los Angeles football and the first Bruin to be elected to the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame. In his three years at UCLA, 1937-1939, the team had records of 2-6-1, 7-4-1, 6-0-4. After his All-America season of 1939, the Helms Foundation named him the Athlete of the Year for all of Southern California. Liberty Magazine named him Back of the Year. He rushed for 1,914 yards in his career, a school record for 34 years. In the 1937 game with Southern California, newspaper accounts credited him with making a pass 62 yards in the air to Hal Hirshon. In 1955, the Helms Foundation named Washington and Southern Cal's Morley Drury the greatest football players in the area up to that time. Washington played professionally for the Hollywood Bears, a minor league team, and three years with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (1946- 1948). He is a member of the College Football HOF. We offer his autograph on a 3x5 sheet that he signed while at UCLA (he wrote UCLA 10/1/40 under his autograph). Comes with the original hand addressed envelope postmarked 1940. RARE, only the second Washington we've ever had $249 Bob Waterfield-signed 3x5 card. $125 Jac Weller-(D. 1994) They were glorious days for the Princeton Orange and Black, three seasons etched by 25 victories and a single defeat. The key was teamwork, and Weller took great pride in knowing he had made a measurable contribution to the team effort. It all began in 1933 when the Tigers finished 9-0-0, including a 20- 0 thumping of eventual Rose Bowl champion Columbia. The next year, the ledger read 7-1-0, marred only by a 7-0 loss to rival Yale. Then, again, in 1935, the Tigers were perfect through nine games. Weller received All-America recognition that year. Later, looking back upon his incredible career, Weller would say: "We had one of the finest bunch of football players ever to come to Princeton .in four years, no major opponent ever scored more than one touchdown on us." Indeed, if those Tigers were a great bunch, then Weller was one of the greatest players. Coach Tad Wieman admitted: "I have coached several All-America linemen. Weller was the best." He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1957. Signed gpc postmarked 1936 $50 Reggie White-(D) a sure first time ballot HOF member who just died tragically. This is a signed Prime Signatures Playoff proof card. This was a sanctioned signing by the card company $249 Ed Widseth-(D. 1998) One of Minnesota's greatest tackles, Ed Widseth "lived" in enemy backfields and was unquestionably the pillar of strength in the Gopher line during a truly remarkable era. In each of Widseth's varsity seasons, the Gophers claimed national championships. They lost but once in 24 games, the blemish a 6-0 upset decision to Northwestern in 1936. He was a three- time All-America tackle; in 1936 he was captain and was voted Minnesota's Most Valuable Player. A slashing, driving invader, Widseth used his 6-2 220-pound body to pummel opposing players, relentlessly advancing until the ball-carrier was within his grasp and quickly felled. Widseth also won two baseball letters as a first baseman and pitcher for Minnesota. He played professionally with the New York Giants 1937- 1940; an injury ended his career. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1954. Signed gpc postmarked 1935 $50 Bob Williams-He was only 19 years old when he quarterbacked the 1949 Notre Dame team to ten straight victories and the national championship. He completed 56 per cent of his passes, setting a Notre Dame season record that lasted 19 years. His coach, Frank Leahy, said, "This was as great a year as any Notre Dame quarterback has ever had." His best game was against Michigan State where he completed 13 of 16 passes, had a 50 yard punt that went out of bounds at the four, and ran 40 yards for a touchdown on a bootleg play. He was the youngest man on the team but Bob had always been a leader. In high school he was captain in three sports. United Press named him Back of the Year, and he was given All- America recognition by UP, the Sporting News, the All- America Board and the Football Writers Association. Notre Dame dropped to a .500 season in 1950, but Bob Williams repeated his All-America honors. The Boston Touchdown Club gave him the Swede Nelson Award for sportsmanship. Bob spent two years in the Navy, played three years with the Chicago Bears. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1988. Signed gpc with a short note postmarked 1949 $30 Darrent Williams-(D. 2007) Denver Broncos 2nd round pick who was named to the ALL NFL Rookie team and was an up and coming CB in the NFL when he was shot and killed in a drive by shooting. We offer his signed Playoff 2005 Contenders rookie card (this was a sanctioned signing by the card company) $95 Bobby Wilson-(D. 1999) It was fourth down and four yards to go in the final quarter, the score tied at 14-14. Southern Methodist lined up in kick formation at the Texas Christian 37-yard line. Unexpectedly, Bob Finley broke from his punting stance and lofted a long pass toward the goal as Bobby Wilson raced across the chalk lines. Wilson grabbed the falling football on the four, and tumbled into the end zone for the score that gave SMU a 20- 14 victory which many feel was the most important in Southern Methodist gridiron history. Why? Because it led to a Rose Bowl appearance, and despite a 7-0 loss to Stanford, brought $85,000 in revenue - the exact amount needed to pay off the mortgage on the new SMU Stadium. Thus, Wilson's TD catch became known as the $85,000 touchdown. Bobby was one of the game's top little men, an All-America choice in both 1934 and 1935. Coached by Ray Morrison and Matty Bell, his long runs from scrimmage, his punt and kickoff returns and his team leadership not only helped SMU to a 12-game winning streak, but made him the first Southwest back to win All-America laurels. In 1934, Bobby led the Southwest Conference in scoring (48 points), then repeated the feat with 72 points in 1935, when SMU won the Southwest Conference Championship. He was elected to the College FB HOF in 1973. Signed gpc postmarked 1935 $50 Robert Zuppke-(D. 1957) The agile brain of Bob Zuppke gave more to the game of football than most could ever hope to donate. As Illinois coach from 1913 through 1941, Zuppke was the innovator of "pocket" and "screen" passing, "strategy maps" for quarterbacks, and was the first coach to use the 5-4-2 defense. His Fighting Illini rolled to a 131-81-13 record on the way to seven conference championships and two runner- up finishes. Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1879, Zuppke was two years old when his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was still coaching at Illinois 60 years later. During the Zuppke years, Illinois' per-game attendance rose from 4,500 to 60,000. Zuppke's record his first 17 seasons was 77-27-8. He did no recruiting, and losing years followed. He gave witty speeches, and his philosophical remarks were called Zuppkeisms. These are the seven best known Zuppkeisms: 1, never let hope elude you; that is life's biggest failure; 2, the greatest athlete is one who can carry a nimble brain to the place of action; 3, moral courage is the result of respect from fellow men; 4, a good back should keep his feet at all times and never lose his head; 5, men do their best if they know they are being observed; 6, alumni are loyal if a coach wins all his games; 7, advice to freshmen: don't drink the liniment. He is a member of the College FB HOF. We offer a signed album page from the 1930's while he was at Illinois in fountain pen. Gorgeous $195 Team Signed Footballs1966 Notre Dame-(NATIONAL CHAMPS) Notre Dame, which had not won a National Championship since 1949, was ranked Number 1 in one poll and #2 in the other. Defending National Champion Michigan State, who had finished the season #1 in the UPI poll, but was upset by UCLA in the Rose Bowl the previous year, entered the game ranked Number 2 in one poll and #1 in the other. The Fighting Irish, whose bid for a National Championship two years earlier was snuffed out by USC, were hungry, while the Spartans had history and home-field advantage on their side. This was the first time in 20 years that a college football was given the "Game of the Century" tag by the national media, and ABC had the nation's viewers in its grip, with equal parts Notre Dame fans and Michigan State fans. We offer a gorgeous Three panel light brown, one panel white Notre Dame Autograph football. Signed by 50 + members of this legendary team. Highlights include: Coach Ara Parseghian, Nick Eddy, QB - Terry Hanratty, Tom Schoen, Rocky Belier, along with a ton of other guys who ended getting drafted in the NFL $7501970 Green Bay Packers-This one panel white and 3 panel brown Spalding Autograph model football has been signed by 40 + players on the white panel. Highlights include: Bart Starr, Perry Williams, Ray Nitschke, Doug Hart, Carroll Dale, Lionel Aldridge (D), Bob Brown (D), Travis Williams (Deceased and super tough Super Bowl Packers autograph), Ken Bowman, Bob Jeter, and Donny Anderson. Lots of players remaining from this Super Bowl teams of just a few years before $595 1982 UCLA Bruins-(Rose Bowl Champs & Pac 10 Champs) this 2 panel white/2 panel brown leather Rawlings autograph football has been signed by 45 + players including: Don Rogers (TRAGIC DEATH - cocaine overdose), Steve Bono, Irv Eatman, along with several other guys who went on to play in the NFL. We've spent the past 20 years looking for a real Don Rogers autograph. Well here it is $795 1984 Cleveland Browns-Wilson NFL 3 white panel football with 37 signatures that are highlighted by Joe DeLamielleure (HOF), Charles White (Heisman), Ozzie Newsome (HOF), Eddie Johnson, Ernest Byner, Clay Matthews, Mike Pruitt, Matt Barh, Paul Farren, Hanford Dixon, Chip Banks, Frank Minnifield. Nice $249 Goal Line Art Football Cards AutographedThe following cards are $20 each -Lem Barney, Bobby Bell, Lou Creekmur, Art Donovan, Larry Little, Yale Lary, Tom Mack, Ron Mix, Joe Schmidt, Jan Stenerud, Billy Shaw HOF 99, Jackie SmithThe following cards are $25 each - Doug Atkins, Mel Blount, Bullet Bill Dudley, Joe DeLamielleure HOF '03, Forrest Gregg, Jack Ham, Ken Houston, Charlie Joiner, Stan Jones, Paul Krause HOF 98, Bob Lilly, Don Maynard, Mike McCormack, Gino Marchetti, Tommy McDonald HOF 98, Pete Pihos, Joe Perry, Mel Renfro, Dwight Stephenson, Dave Wilcox, Larry Wilson HOF 78 The following cards are $30 each - Herb Adderley, Raymond Berry, Rosie Brown, George Connor, Len Dawson, Sam Huff, Deacon Jones, Leroy Kelly, Dick Night Train Lane, Dante Lavelli, George McAfee, Lenny Moore, Ozzie Newsome HOF 99, Art Shell, Ernie Stautner, Lee Roy Selmon HOF 95, Charley Taylor, Charley Trippi, Randy White, Jack Youngblood HOF 01. The following cards are $35 each -Earl Campbell, Mike Ditka, Dan Fouts, Bobby Mitchell, John Mackey, Merlin Olsen, Jim Parker, Jim Ringo, Gene Upshaw, Willie Wood The following cards are $40 each -Tony Canadeo, Ted Hendricks, Paul Hornung, Y.A. Tittle, Paul Warfield, Kellen Winslow HOF 95, The following cards are $45 each - Lance Alworth The following cards are $50 each -Morris Red Badgro, Dick Butkus, Tom Fears, Frank Gatski, Otto Graham, Bob Griese, Crazylegs Hirsch, Sonny Jurgensen, Clarence Ace Parker, Andy Robustelli, Gayle Sayers, Bill Willis, The following cards are $60 each - Sammy Baugh, Don Shula The following cards are $75 each - Roger Staubach The following cards are $95 each - Jim Brown The following cards are $150 each -Buck Buchanan, Joe Montana, Ray Nitschke, OJ Simpson . The following cards are $200 each -Don Hutson The following cards are $395 each - Paul Brown Football ContractsGary Anderson-one of the league's top runners, he supplied Banditball's running threat...his versatility kept Bandits' opponents off balance...joined Tampa Bay midway through its inaugural campaign, running for 516 yards in 8 games...caught 29 passes for 347 yards...ran for 1,008 yards in 1984 with 19 TDs and had 66 catches for 682 yards...was even better in 1985...ran for 1,207 yards and 16 TDs and caught 72 passes for 678 yards...went on to play for NFL's San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions...best NFL season was in 1988 when he ran for 1,119 yards with a 5.0 yard per carry average for the Chargers...his season-long holdout in 1989 hurt the Chargers' offense and hastened the end of his career. We offer his 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits USFL contract signed by Anderson and a club official. Comes with an addendum $195Ross Browner-Consensus All-America pick in 1976 and '77 . . . was inducted into National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1999 . . . four-year Irish starter who played on 1973 and 1977 national championship team . . . 1976 Outland Trophy recipient and 1977 Lombardi Trophy winner . . . unanimous first-team All-America end in both 1976 and '77 . . . finished fifth in '77 Heisman Trophy voting . . . holds Notre Dame records for tackles by front four lineman (since 1956) in a career with 340; tackles for minus yardage (since 1967) in a single season with 28 for 203 yards; tackles for minus yardage in a career with 77 for 515 yards; fumbles recovered in a career with 12 . . . had 340 career tackles (77 for 515 in losses), broke up 10 passes, recovered eight fumbles, blocked two kicks, scored two safeties and one touchdown . . . participated in 1978 Japan Bowl and Hula Bowl . . . eighth overall selection in 1979 NFL draft as first-round pick of Cincinnati Bengals and played through '87 season . . . ranked No. 84 in college football.com's top 100 players of all-time... voted into Gator Bowl Hall of Fame in '99... also won Robert Maxwell trophy and the Outland Trophy. His son plays for the Steelers. We offer his 1985 Houston Gamblers USFL contract signed twice by Browner and twice by GM, Gene Burrough with several pages of addendums $295 John Bunting- is a former head football coach at the University of North Carolina as well as a former NFL player. In 1971 Bunting earned All-ACC honors and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1971 ACC football championship. He had an eleven-year NFL career as a linebacker with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1972-82, and he played in Philadelphia's 1981 Super Bowl game against the Oakland Raiders. Bunting then played for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL from 1983-84. After retiring as an NFL player, Bunting moved into the coaching ranks. He has served as the assistant coach for three NFL teams: Kansas City, St. Louis, and New Orleans. As the head defensive coach for the Saint Louis Rams, he played a key role in leading that team to their victory in the 2000 Super Bowl. In December 2000, University of North Carolina Athletic Director Dick Baddour decided to hire him as the school's head football coach. We offer his 1983 Philadelphia Stars USFL contract signed by Bunting and GM - Carl Peterson. Comes with a multi-page addendum contract signed 3 times by both Bunting and Peterson. As a bonus this comes with a questionairre that Bunting filled out for the team $195 Irv Eatman- Eatman was drafted in the eighth round of the '83 NFL Draft by Kansas City. However, he opted to join the USFL where he was a three-time USFL All-Pro offensive tackle ('83-'85) with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars. In '84, Eatman was named USFL Man of the Year and was part of Stars squads which claimed USFL titles in both '84 and '85. He later played 11 years in the NFL. We offer his 1986 USFL Stars contract signed by Eatman and Carl Peterson. Comes with a multi-page copied addendum $195 Joe Ehrmann- former NFL defensive lineman, originally drafted as the 10th pick in the first round of the 1973 NFL Draft out of Syracuse University to the Baltimore Colts. He was a National Football League defensive tackle from 1973 through 1982. He then played in the USFL for the Chicago Blitz, Arizona Wranglers and Orlando Renegades. We offer his 1985 USFL Chicago Blitz contract signed by Ehrmann and Bruce Allen. Nice piece $175 Horace Gillom- (D. 1985) Horace Gillom played 10 seasons with the Browns (1947-56), handling all of the team's punting chores and also playing as a utility end on both offense and defense. He is the club's all-time leader in career gross punting average and ranks second in punt yards and gross average for a season. Gillom started his athletic career under legendary coach Paul Brown at Massillon High School and enrolled at Ohio State before entering the Army in 1941. He He was the third African American signed by Paul Brown after Motley and Willis. He is one of the few great African American punters in the NFL. We offer his 1950 Browns NFL contract signed by Gillom (twice), Bert Bell, and Paul Brown (who also initialed the contract a second time) $295 David Greenwood-a first round draft selection out of Wisconsin...picked off 2 passes in 1983 and 4 in 1984, including game-clincher versus Arizona...named as top safety on Sporting News All-USFL team in 1983...intercepted 3 passes for Invaders in 1985...also played for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Raiders. We offer his 1986 Michigan Panthers USFL contract paying him $235,000 a year signed by Greenwood and the asst. GM $195 IM Hipp-His full name was Isaiah Moses Walter Hipp. And he's a classic in college football names. He kept the bloodlines going to by naming his son X-Ray Hipp. The younger Hipp played with the Harlem Globetrotters where he fit in well with Meadowlark and Curly. He was one of the most famous walk-ons in college football history. He played one season in the NFL for the 1980 Raiders. We offer his 1984 Boston Breakers USFL contract. Signed by Hipp and Caporale $150 Dick Jauron- has been the head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League since January 23, 2006. Jauron has held head coaching positions with the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, and was named the AP Coach of the Year in 2001 after leading the Bears to a 13-3 record. Jauron was selected in the fourth round of the 1973 NFL Draft out of Yale by the Detroit Lions. He started at free safety as a rookie and was named to the 1974 Pro Bowl in his second season after leading the NFC in punt return average. Jauron played with the Lions for five seasons (1973-1977) and the Cincinnati Bengals for three seasons (1978-1980) before a knee injury ended his career. He finished his playing career with 26 interceptions and two touchdowns. We offer his 1984 Boston Breakers USFL contract signed by Jauron and Robert Caporale when Jauron tried to make a comeback from playing retirement $195 William Dub Jones- was a running back who played ten seasons with the Cleveland Browns and the Miami Seahawks from 1950 to 1955 in the National Football League and the old All-America Football Conference. Jones played college football at Tulane University and was drafted in the first round of the 1946 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals and played for the Miami Seahawks of the AAFC before coming to the Browns before the 1948 NFL season. Jones was a one time Pro Bowler in 1951, a season in which he had 104 rushing carries for 492 yards, and 30 receptions for 570 yards and 12 touchdowns. Jones is best known for having six touchdowns in a single game against the Chicago Bears, an NFL record that is tied only by Ernie Nevers and Gale Sayers. Jones is the father of former NFL quarterback Bert Jones. We offer his 1953 NFL Browns contract paying him $11,000 a year signed by Jones, HOFer Paul Brown, HOFer Bert Bell (D. 1959), and two witnesses $295 Kenny Konz-first round pick by the Browns in 1951 after an All-American career at LSU. Later a Pro-Bowl player. This is his 1957 NFL Browns contract signed by Konz, Paul Brown, Bert Bell, and 2 witnesses. Handwritten bonus clause signed by Brown and Konz $295 Warren Lahr- played defensive back for the Cleveland Browns (1949-1959). He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1947 NFL Draft. Lahr intercepted 40 passes from 1950-59 to rank second on the team's all-time list, trailing only Thom Darden's team record 45 interceptions. We offer his 1951 NFL Cleveland Browns contract signed by Lahr, Paul Brown, and Bert Bell. $295 Bruce Laird- was a safety who played 12 seasons in the National Football League. He then played in the USFL for the Arizona Wranglers and Arizona Outlaws. He played mostly for the Baltimore Colts and then the Chargers before moving onto the USFL. We offer his 1984 Arizona Wranglers USFL contract signed by Laird and a club official. Also comes with a 2 page addendum signed by Laird and a club official .$150 Ed Modzelewski-This first round pick of the Steelers in 1952 out of the University of Maryland. His career was interrupted by the Korean War. He resumed his football career in 1955 after being traded to the Browns and finished up in 1959. He was replaced by Jim Brown. We offer his 1955 Steelers contract paying him $11,000. It has been signed by Modzelewski, Bert Bell (D. 1959), and Daniel Rooney (HOF) $350 Rick Neuheisel-After playing his college football at UCLA. His professional career included two seasons with the San Antonio Gunslingers (1984-1985) of the USFL and three games with the San Diego Chargers of the NFL in the strike season of 1987. He closed out the season's final two games with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He later became head coach at Washington. He is currently the offensive coordinator for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, after being promoted from quarterbacks coach. We offer his 1985 USFL San Antonio Gunslingers contract signed by Neuheisel and Roger Gill (the GM and later founded the Arena Football League) paying him $120,000 $295 George Ratterman- Legendary football coach Frank Leahy called him "the greatest all-around athlete in the history of Notre Dame." He played in the All American Football Conference and later with the Browns. In the 60's he became a well known tv sportscaster. We offer his 1953 Browns NFL contract paying him $14,000 signed by Brown, Ratterman, and Bell $295 George Ratterman-signed 1952 NFL Cleveland Browns contract also signed by Weeb Ewbank and Bert Bell. Comes with a 3 page addendum trade by Ratterman, Ewbank, initialed by Paul Brown, James Phelan (D. 1979 - College FB HOF, first coach of the Dallas Texans, Colts, Yankees), and some other witnesses..Awesome $495 Jack Rudolph-was a linebacker drafted out of GA Tech who played for the Patriots and the Dolphins in the old AFL from 1960-66. We offer his 1961 AFL Boston Patriots contract paying him $9500 signed by Rudolph, AFL commissioner - Joe Foss (who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for being a hero in WW II and became the first AFL commissioner), Ed McKeever (the first GM of the Pats and coached Notre Dame in 1944), and Harry McDevitt. Very rare $295 Bobby Scott-Drafted out of the U of Tennessee in 1971 this quarterback played ten seasons in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. He then played for the New Jersey Generals and Chicago Blitz of the USFL. We offer his 1983 NJ Generals USFL contract paying him $100,000 for the season. Signed by Scott and GM, James Valek..$195 Broderick Thompson-(D. 2002 at the age of 41 in motorcycle accident) Thompson played 12 seasons in the NFL with Dallas, San Diego, Philadelphia and Denver. This is his signed 1984 USFL LA Express football contract also signed by deceased GM, Don Klosterman (formerly of the Baltimore Colts) $195 Ray Solari-trade agreement between the Browns and the San Francisco 49'ers trading the rights to Ray Solari (offensive lineman for Cal) to the 49'ers for the 19th draft choice of the Niners in the 1952 draft. Signed by Paul Brown (HOF), Bert Bell (D. 1959 - HOF), and the ultra rare autograph of the 49'ers original owner - founder, Tony Moraboto who died of a heart attack in 1957 while watching the 49ers play the Chicago Bears at Kezar Stadium. Having suffered a coronary occlusion in 1952 Tony had been living on "borrowed time". Doctors citing the dangerous, high emotional factors of football urged him to get out of football the sport. The 49ers were losing, 17-7 when a note "Tony's gone" was passed to the coach. Turning away numerous Chicago touchdown onslaughts in the fourth period, they stormed back for a 21-17 upset victory $250 Paul Wiggin-(D) After graduating from Stanford University in 1957, he spent his entire 11-year playing career as a defensive end with the Cleveland Browns until his retirement following the 1967 NFL season. Twice earning Pro Bowl honors, Wiggin was a key member of the team's defensive line when it won the 1964 National Football League title with a 27-0 shutout of the Baltimore Colts. He was named an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers on February 14, 1968, spending the next seven seasons with the team until being hired as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs on January 23, 1975. After compiling an 11-24 mark in less than three seasons, Wiggin was fired following a 44-7 loss against his old team, the Browns, on October 30, 1977. He later was the head coach at Stanford. We offer his 1959 Browns contract signed by Wiggin, Bert Bell, and Paul Brown $295 George Young-Out of Georgia, Young played for the Browns from 1946-53. We offer his NFL Cleveland Browns contract signed by Young, Paul Brown, and Bert Bell $249 |
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