New FB Acquisitions

[LuckyLarry]

I knew nothing about 1972 OPC CFL stickers, but learned they were inserted in packs of 1972 OPC football cards. Ebay win near set (19 of 24 panels) for $25.81 which included shipping or $1.35 each shipped. I guess the tough card is Joe Theismann and he was included.

[IndyDave]

This card finishes my 1954 Bowman set. I thought I had it finished after the 2019 National. But when I went to put the set in new sheets I found a handful of cards missing. Took awhile but finally found one on eBay to finish it up for real

[profholt82]

I've always liked this card, and finally decided to pick one up. After his rookie, I think it's my favorite Johnny U. I was just looking for a raw, but this was a nice example for the price, cheaper than most of the comparable raws I came across actually. Anyway, I think the black SGC case looks sharp with the black bordered 62s.

[Kurri17]

Originally Posted by profholt82

I've always liked this card, and finally decided to pick one up. After his rookie, I think it's my favorite Johnny U. I was just looking for a raw, but this was a nice example for the price, cheaper than most of the comparable raws I came across actually. Anyway, I think the black SGC case looks sharp with the black bordered 62s.

Very nice. I agree, such a great card from a super tough set to find in decent shape. And I'm with you on the SGC case as well. I did my entire run of Johnny U. in SGC, the old stuff just looks so good in those cases. Congrats on your great addition.

[mr2686]

Picked up another Namath for my collection...a nice raw 72.

[LuckyLarry]

This appears to be the "sister" card to the pick-up I had a couple weeks ago of #7 Ken Strong which I posted. I bid and won the Ken Strong card, I bid and lost this Bernie Masterson card. The new owner of this card paid $147 plus shipping plus tax and put it right back up on ebay. I won it the second time around for $150 plus shipping plus tax. High number and last card in the set.

[edtiques]

I just picked this pin up.

[LuckyLarry]

Todays purchase at the Orlando Card Coin and Toy show now ten cards left to complete! Ernie helped load the Detroit Lions to an NFL Championship in 1935.

[iconsportscards]

Thrilled to get this one in!!








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[TheAck]

Originally Posted by iconsportscards

Thrilled to get this one in!!

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I love the list of Champions on the back... Broadswordsman and Chess...

What exactly is a champion Pedestrian though? ;-)

[iconsportscards]

Originally Posted by TheAck

I love the list of Champions on the back... Broadswordsman and Chess...

What exactly is a champion Pedestrian though? ;-)

Lol, according to this website it was competitive walking

https://www.npr.org/2014/04/03/29732...s-anything-but







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[jefferyepayne]

It is competitive walking. Pedestrianism was a very popular sport in the 1800s.

jeff

[samosa4u]

Boom!

[TheAck]

Got these a little while ago. Grabbed a box at a local auction labelled "Rejects"

I'm perfectly happy to take these rejects. A bunch more late 70s and early 80s commons from the box to go through. I know there are a couple of Ray Guy cards in there which I'm pretty happy about too.

[Blackie]

Perfect cards in my eyes! Great pickups

[TheAck]

Originally Posted by Blackie

Perfect cards in my eyes! Great pickups

Some are rough but there are a couple that are gems. I love finding stuff in the wild. Nothing makes me happier than an old box full of random cards.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by TheAck

Got these a little while ago. Grabbed a box at a local auction labelled "Rejects"

I'm perfectly happy to take these rejects. A bunch more late 70s and early 80s commons from the box to go through. I know there are a couple of Ray Guy cards in there which I'm pretty happy about too.

Rejects? That just insane. Nice pickups.

jeff

[Gorditadogg]

The Bear's only real quarterback.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

The Bear's only real quarterback.

Hmmm..

[Peter_Spaeth]

1989 NFL on CBS Announcers Set John Madden, his first card, and very rare, only 3 graded by PSA.

[cubsfn01]

This is one I had not seen before I ordered it. 1951 Arcade Pontiac Lou Karras.

[jingram058]

1953 Bowman Bobby Layne. Not perfect, but I like this card.

[LuckyLarry]

I picked up these two cards at the card show today football player/wrestler Wahoo McDaniel RC one of the keys to the 1967 set. Dealer price was $20 each I got them for $15 each.
Larry

[G1911]

Nice pickup. I’m closing in on finishing the 67 set, but I know nothing about wrestling. I didn’t know McDaniel was famous for other things and got sticker shock last week when I saw the prices on eBay for his card. Turns out he’s not a common like I thought

[LuckyLarry]

BattersBox listed a couple of these last week one was $3.50 this one $4.25 I splurged and bought the higher priced card to finish my set. Prices are all over the place on these "bucks". I added a needed hockey card also to get the offered free shipping. Another set completed!
Larry

[edtiques]

I just picked up a big lot of mostly 1970's college football pins for resale. There's a problem with the ribbons though, they smell musty from being stored. Any suggestion(s) on how to get the odor out would be appreciated.

[Jerry G]

Just got my first ever 1935 National Chicle!

[jefferyepayne]

Congrats Jerry!!! You gonna work on the set? The cards in this set are fantastic. Little works of art.

jeff

[Jerry G]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Congrats Jerry!!! You gonna work on the set? The cards in this set are fantastic. Little works of art.

jeff

Thanks, Jeff. I agree, it is a great set. There is really no other football card set like them. Very unique. No plans at the current time to complete them. But, you never know when opportunity will knock.

[profholt82]

Originally Posted by edtiques

I just picked up a big lot of mostly 1970's college football pins for resale. There's a problem with the ribbons though, they smell musty from being stored. Any suggestion(s) on how to get the odor out would be appreciated.

If you're still dealing with that musty smell, try dryer sheets. It tends to do the trick when it comes to things like that. I've done it with old books and records with success. Just wrap a few of them around the ribbons and put them in a ziplock bag for a few days.

[LuckyLarry]

Today at the local card show for $30 I picked up seventeen 1961 Post football cards and another Wahoo McDaniel card!
Larry

[LuckyLarry]

Pickups at local show this AM

[jefferyepayne]

Congrats Larry! I just completed this set myself recently as I was looking for a few of them for quite a while.

I love the Redskins matchbooks that were produced between the late 30s and the 60s! I wish more teams had matchbook sets like these.

jeff

[LuckyLarry]

Philly non-sports card show pick-up this past week. Pro Football HOF and College football HOF AND a GB Packer? OUCH!
Two cards to go (not counting Bronco Nagurski RC)
#27 Bull Tosi
#32 Swede Johnson
Goal for this years National pick up at least one of these!
Larry

[G1911]

Someone has to be picking up football. These were like $3 a pop for my sets

Cotton Davidson had to have one of the most hard luck careers in Pro Football. Drafted into the NFL in 1954, then into the army in 1955. Returns in 1957 to seriously begin his pro career, but he was a Colt and that was the moment the Colts discovered this Johnny Unitas kid was looking like he would be great. Spends 1958 in Canada and 1959 coaching at Baylor before the AFL gives him his 3rd chance. He does pretty good in 1960 and 1961 (and makes the all star game in 1961 where he is the MVP of that game), but then the Texans discover this other guy Len Dawson, who leads the league in half the passing categories for 1962 and they don't need last years All-Star. Davidson gets dumped to the Raiders (for a draft pick which became Buck Buchanan, a great win for KC) for his 4th chance, where he is now 32. He makes the All-Star team again in his first year as a Raider, though he only gets 5 starts. Gets some playing time but misses a lot of time for the next 4 years and ends his career at 37. Not saying he was a great or anything, but Davidson was good enough to make all-star teams even after what should have been physical prime but something always seemed to happen outside of his control to halt his career.

George Connor is always a good buy in my book, as he is basically priced as a common card in most sets but was a deserving hall of famer and one of the early large-but-quick linebackers. He's a steal.

[G1911]

And some more for the miscut set

[searching]

Ulman & Co postcard, somehow could not resist buying it

[LuckyLarry]

I picked this up at the National 1960 Topps football empty wax box (no lid) $15

[Musashi]

Picked this up last night:

[mr2686]

Finally picked up another signed Goal Line card.

[CardPadre]

Lot of visual clutter on this recent pickup, but pretty cool.

[Kurri17]

That is a beauty. Lenny the Cool, one of my favorites. Great card.

[mogwai316]

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[G1911]

Originally Posted by mogwai316

- MVP winner (1961), possibly the most undeserving MVP winner of all time? 597 rushing yards, 145 receiving yards - Jim Brown had 1408/459 that year and didn't win! Hornung did also kick 15 field goals with a long of 51 yards so maybe that gave him some weird Ohtani-like boost in voting? Packers also won the championship in a 37-0 blowout. Most likely just racism against Brown, though.

I suspect it has more to do with not wanting to give one guy the award every single year, as has often been a problem for generational talents in sports. Brown won the first 2 years, 1957 and 1958. And he’d win again later, hard to see a bias against him at work here. Hornung was enormously popular and a fan and media favorite, on the championship team, and led the league in scoring (for the third time in a row). Jim Taylor probably had a better case than Hornung though.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by G1911

I suspect it has more to do with not wanting to give one guy the award every single year, as has often been a problem for generational talents in sports. Brown won the first 2 years, 1957 and 1958. And he’d win again later, hard to see a bias against him at work here. Hornung was enormously popular and a fan and media favorite, on the championship team, and led the league in scoring (for the third time in a row). Jim Taylor probably had a better case than Hornung though.

+1000 No sign of racism here IMHO since Brown had already won it two times. Agree that Hornung wasn't the best pick for MVP but if you read Lombardi's book he says Hornung was one of the best if not the best that ever played for him. Looking at stats from previous eras always makes players look bad as the game was a much different game then than it is now. Hornung was considered the key cog in that offense for quite some time by Lombardi.


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[CardPadre]

Excited to have grabbed a pretty nice copy of what is maybe the best non-rookie card in vintage football.