Stanley Mauldin Signed AUTO GPC 1948 Chicago Cardinals NFL Champs D.1948 at age 27

Stanley Mauldin (D. 1948 at age 27) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He died of a heart attack after a game against the Philadelphia Eagles in 1948. His number 77 is retired by the Cardinals. This cause of death is disputed by direct family members, as later accounts from Cardinal team members say he was accidentally kicked in the back of the skull during the course of the game, causing him to die of internal bleeding. Stanley Mauldin was also a World War 2 Veteran, serving in the Army Air Corps. He flew 35 missions overseas in World War II. In 1945, he was named to the All-Army Air Force Eleven. He is 1 of less than 10 NFL players who died as a direct result of an NFL game.His autograph is nearly impossible to find!Offered is a government postcard (that was pasted into a scrapbook at one point) signed in dark pencil by Mauldin while he as at the University of Texas in the early 1940's.