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Dirty Work - post your Off Linemen
It seems in this hobby, the offensive linemen don't get any love, no matter how great they are. I was hoping to see some linemen cards in this thread.
I'll start with some of my favorite John Hannah cards. I collect Hog and have all of his cards that I'm aware of. Here are some of my favorites: And to wrap up, one of my favorite cards I own of another linemen: Go ahead guys, show me your heroes of the trenches!
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Great thread!! I'm a former lineman myself and have been a high school line coach for 25+ years. Here are some of my favorite cards of vintage linemen...and a pic of my FAVORITE lineman...my son. He will be a sophomore this fall.
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Wow, all those cards are awesome!
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Here's a duo.
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When I look at that Parker card, I can hear him saying 'I'm gonna knock your head off'
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Wow! Awesome cards everyone!
Mike, that Hubbard Diamond matchbook cover is really pretty rare isn't it? You would know better than I but there are only a handful of those around, right? Big Daddy, So happy to see that you included Wistert w/ your other great linemen. I really think that he belongs in the HoF. He was a 4x All-Pro and a member of the team of the decade from the '40's. He was the best lineman on a team that went to 3 straight championship games (two of which they won) and blocked for a 4x rushing champ. I also like Conrad Dobler (although not as HoF material). The stories about him & how dirty he was just crack me up! |
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The Hubbard matchbook has become pricey, but I'd bet there is more than a handful around - I have six, although they're not in the best shape. I think the hardest matchbook to find from that set is Tiny Feather, although there are two from that set I've never found - Maynard Morrison and Matthew Murray.
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George Christiansen Ox Emerson Duke Slater Duke Osborn George Christiansen Duke Osborn jeff |
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Here's another Guard
The only member of the HOF who spent his entire career in the AFL
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A couple of my favorite road graders, HOF Jim Langer and College Football Hall of Famer Reggie McKenzie. Division II legend, Langer was a middle linebacker in college (at South Dakota State?), was cut by the Browns, before an exemplary career as the anchor of the Dolphins O-line for more than a decade. The Best Lineman in DII football is given the Langer Award annually.
McKenzie was a two time all-pro 1973-74 who could pull with the very best of them, a key component of the heralded "Electric Company" line in Buffalo. When Seattle acquired him in 1983, it was one of the great experiences of my younger days as a football fan to meet the man at my father's garage in Auburn, Washington. At the time, former Lightweight champion Greg "Mutt" Haugen, was a 22 year-old lot hand at the same dealership. Crazy place in the 1980's, I remember Bill Elliot and his #9 Coors car visited as well. Happy Father's Day, my hero and best friend, Bob Phelan (1929-2014). Last edited by pariah1107; 06-19-2016 at 04:13 PM. |
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An under appreciated Cowboys lineman... 6 consecutive pro bowls and 3 time All-Pro, played in 3 Super bowls.
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Along with Duke Osborne we have Pottsville Guard Frank Racis
And these are not cards, but a couple of great images Last edited by revmoran; 06-20-2016 at 05:41 PM. |
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Clare Randolph
I’m late to the party on this thread, but I really enjoyed it. Lots of great OL discussed and images posted.
I just picked up my first matchbook and I thought it would fit in this thread. Clare Randolph was never considered a big star (overshadowed by the great Mel Hein, he did get some recognition late in his career), but his name is listed as the starting Center in just about every Spartans/Lions boxscore I’ve looked at from 31-36 including the 32 "ironman game" game against the Packers, the first unofficial NFL championship game against the Bears (32) and the championship win against the Giants in 35. According to this PFRA article, his claim to fame was the ability to tackle Bronko Nagurski one-on-one: http://www.profootballresearchers.or.../20-04-761.pdf Not a bad thing to be known for. As a collector, I got a good deal - I was the only bidder and picked up the matchbook for a $1.99. I know very little about these and have some questions: Is there such a thing as a 3x5 penny sleeve? Jeff mentioned 3x5 top loaders and six pocket sheets, but with cards I always use a penny sleeve first, so I was wondering if I could do the same with this matchbook? Also, what year is this Matchbook? 34 or 35 maybe? There was no info in the listing. Thanks. Last edited by TanksAndSpartans; 07-02-2016 at 11:21 PM. |
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Yes, ultra pro makes postcard sized soft sleeves. Great matchbook!
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Be careful, John, your gonna get hooked on matchbook covers if you aren't careful!
John Spano wrote an excellent article on matchbooks for Gridiron Greats that discusses the various years and difficult ones to find. It's issue #39 if you want to check it out. In summary, here's how to tell the difference between the years. 1933 - easy to tell, silver color. Bio info has either a green or pink background. 1934 - tan, red, green, or blue color. Picture is colorized. "The Diamond Match Co. N.Y.C." is printed near the striker 1935 - same as 1934 except the pictures are NOT colorized (they are B&W) and "Made in U.S.A. The Diamond Match Co. N.Y.C." is printed near the striker 1936 - vertical bars on R and L sides of player photo differentiates this set of the the ones before it. 1937 - exactly the same as the 1936 design. For players in both the 1936 and 1937 set, I believe the only way to differentiate them is that their bios are different. Compare this George Musso bio with the one above. 1938 - back to a silver background but with a yellow football in the center of the matchbook I don't have any scans of this set but you can find them online pretty easily to see what they look like. jeff Last edited by jefferyepayne; 07-04-2016 at 06:50 AM. |
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Thanks Guys!
Dan, I'll look into the postcard sleeves. Jeff, great post! I'm going to conclude my Randolph is a 35 - thanks for teaching me how to fish I do like these, but without paying high BIN prices, they definitely take patience as the auctions don't occur frequently. I'm been focused on a handful of players that I wanted an item in my collection, but no football card exists. |
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If you're patient, you can pick these up for far, far less than the BINs on ebay. The best deals are usually through AH's when they are sold in lots. jeff |
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Here is a link to download a document with a little more detail about the differences between the matchbook sets and a check list of the players -https://storage.googleapis.com/mjmsp...ok%20Types.doc
And not a lineman but a 1938 example . . . . Last edited by revmoran; 07-06-2016 at 08:47 AM. |
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Thanks again Jeff.
And Mike - awesome document! That helps me a lot. Thank you. First thing I did was search for "Lavvie Dilweg". He's one of the players on my list that I was pretty sure didn't have a card or a matchbook while an active player and it's looking like that's true. Last edited by TanksAndSpartans; 07-07-2016 at 07:48 PM. |
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It's been awhile since I've posted and I just started reading again last night. I have a few of these, but I will just start with this one. It's his only card, at least that I know of.
Mailday – 1954 Bowman Ralph Starkey PSA 6
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Here's my favorite lineman on a 1969 Raiders team issue photo:
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How can I resist
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It's not from his playing days but there's also this: jeff |
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Jim Otto was awesome!
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Thanks to Scott (sb1) for this one I got from him a while back! He played tackle on both sides of the ball in college.
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Hi Jeff, what is that Culp from?
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Another question for Jeff - you posted a second item of Lavvie Dilweg, but its not displaying for me - what was it?
And nice Packers Walkers Cleaners - I always forget about those. |
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Thanks Mike and Jeff. I recently missed on one of those - I had no idea it would sell for more than a few dollars - I had a low snipe set that never went off: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matchbook-Co...MAAOSwEjFXdcLs
Jeff, this has happened to me before, but I'm not sure if it was your post. In this case, the first image shows fine, but the second one has the "?" icon (and I am logged in in case that matters). I'm on a PC right now - I'll check my phone later. Last edited by TanksAndSpartans; 07-13-2016 at 01:07 PM. |
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Jeff, great point about eBay - I actually think losing auctions on your first try is a good thing - speaking from experience I've overpaid on some cards here and there .
Just to follow up, I tried on my phone, your post with the two Dilweg images just displayed one image and a "missing image" icon. |
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Anybody else not seeing some of my posted images? They all show for me but am trying to figure out if my photo image site is working properly or not. jeff |
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To be honest, I didn't know who Bill Johnson was. I laid eyes on this card and loved it, though. I do talk about that more in my blog post.
I would actually like to get a run of this particular card as well. Vintage cards are so much better looking than modern.
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Test. Can you see it now below?
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Yep, looks good this time.
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Hmmmm. Interesting. I think Mike is right that its a permissions problem with one or more of my Google Photo albums but still haven't figure out what the difference in this one is yet. I moved the Dilweg to another album that I know works and now it appears. Permissions on the two albums look the same which is puzzling.
Thanks guys. And let me know if I post anything in the future that doesn't show as they all look fine to me when I post and won't know that you can't see the images. jeff |
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Getting this thread back on track with the latest additions to my Hannah collection. He's #73, pictured on the right side of both team action cards. So far I own 4 different Fleer Team Action cards picturing Hannah. Besides these 2, I also have found him on 1983 (Chiefs) and '86 (Pats). If anybody is aware of any others, please let me know. Thanks!
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Thanks Robert!
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In the 1960's thru 80's, the NFL produced a limited number of transparency slides for use in television broadcasts. My source says that they only made one slide of each player each year, and only a couple of copies of each slide. I strive to be a John Hannah "super collector," so I pick these up when I can. Here are the ones I have so far:
1973 pre-RC, above 1977 and 81 1984 - the crappy scan doesn't do this one justice. In hand, the photo is colorful and just plain awesome.
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Those slides are very nice and you have to figure with the digital era they represent a bygone medium -
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Some Frito Lay Patriots cards of John Hannah. First one is from 1976. The 1982 is the only copy ever graded by PSA.
Can anybody help me figure out the year of issue for the bottom ones?
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No replies, but with a lot of time and effort, I was able to determine the mystery Frito Lay cards were from 1983.
Had a huge Hannah mail day yesterday. First some backstory. Columbia City Collectibles has had a complete Slim Jim box w/ Hannah on eBay for about a year. I never pulled the trigger because I didn't trust myself to be able to separate a high grade disc. Round ones can be tough, so I figured I'd just wait and buy a PSA 8 or 9. However, i finally decided I wanted it and I knew from the past that these boxes came in 6 different flavors/box colors. I've bought a lot from Columbia City over the years, so I emailed the owner and asked him if he had any of the other variations. He had 3 other flavor/color boxes and a 5th in panel form. So of course I bought them all. OK, here are the pics: This spicy/red box is unused/unglued. Lastly, the panel. This one needs a trim: Thanks for looking.
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