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Posted By: jamie

I started collecting autos through the mail last year for my son Alex. I figured it would be a neat thing to give him when he's old enough to appreciate it- a binder full of personalized autographs from the game's greats. There's plenty of websites out there to help you (email me if you want a few links).

Here's my list of successes for the last 12 months, just to give you an idea of the caliber of guys still signing (the only one I paid for was Banks):

C= card, IC= index card

BASEBALL
1.Al Kaline (C)
2.Duke Snider (C)
3.Harmon Killibrew (C)
4.Don Zimmer (C)
5.Hank Bauer (C)
6.Sparky Anderson (C)
7.Andre Dawson (C)
8.Jim Beckett (C)
9.Mark Prior (C)
10.Kerry Wood (C)
11.Mike Mussina (C)
12.Barry Zito (C)
13.Adrian Beltre (C)
14.Miguel Cabrera (C)
15.Hank Blalock (C)
16.Mark Texeira (C)
17.Phil Niekro (C)
18.Jason Varitek (C)
19.Jim Bunning (C)
20.Bobby Doerr (C)
21.Luis Tiant (C)
22.Garrett Anderson (C)
23.Pat Neshek (C)
24.Joe Morgan (IC)
25.Stan Musial (5x7)
26.Mike Schmidt (5x7)
27.George Steinbrenner (8x10)
28.Bob Uecker (8x10)
29.Lee MacPhail (IC)
30.Monte Irvin (IC)
31.Robin Roberts (IC)
32.Don Larsen(IC)
33.Arod (autopen) (5x7)
34.Bud Selig (Bus. Card)
35.Goose Gossage (C)
36.Bobby Thompson (IC)
37.Ernie Harwell (IC)
38.Bernie Williams (C) (ghost-signer?)
39.Frank Howard (C)
40.Jim Abbott (C)
41.Nolan Ryan (5x7) (auto-pen)
42.Bill Mazeroski (C)
43.Don Sutton (C)
44.Billy Williams (C)
45.Mel Stottlemyre (C)
46.Morgan Ensberg (C)
47.Ernie Banks (C)

FOOTBALL
48.Ozzie Newsome (C)
49.George Blanda (C)
50.Gino Marchetti (C)
51.Joe Montana (C) (ghost-signer?)
52.Kurt Warner (C)
53.Jim McMahon (IC)
54.Art Donovan (8x10)
55.Joe Theisman (8x10)
56.Ed “Tool Tall” Jones (IC)
57.Herschel Walker (IC)
58.Issac Bruce (C)
59.Bernie Kosar (IC)
60.Don Shula (IC)
61.Don Meredith (IC)
62.Lynn Swann (IC)
63.John Madden (IC)
64.Ken Stabler (IC)
65.Emmitt Smith (5x7)
66.Bob Lilly (IC)
67.Charlie Joiner (IC)
68.George McAfee (IC)
69.Chuck Bednarik (IC)
70.Roger Staubach (IC) (auto-pen)
71.Joe Jacoby (IC)
72.Raymond Berry (5x7)
73.Gayle Sayers (IC)
74.Phil Simms (IC)
75.Lawrence Taylor (IC)
76.Marc Bulger (5x7)
77.John Elway (C) (auto-pen?)
78.Mike Singletary (IC)
79.Willie Mcginest (C)
80.Jake Delhomme (C)
81.Tom Brady (5x7) (pre-print)
82.Steve Young (IC- auto-pen)
83.Will Shields (IC)
84.Charley Trippi (IC)

BASKETBALL
85.Jerry West (IC)
86.Red Auerbach (IC)
87.Joe Dumars (C)
88.Jason Kidd (C)
89.Paul Arizin (IC)
90.Bob McAdoo (IC)
91.Steve Kerr (C)
92.Dave Cowens (IC)
93.Dave Bing (IC)
94.Gail Goodrich (IC)
95.Bob Pettit (IC)
96.Walt Bellamy (IC)
97.Lenny Wilkens (C)

BOXING
98.Joe and Marvis Frazier (bus. Card)
99.George Foreman (5x7)
100.Muhammad Ali (auto-pen) (5x7)
101.Jake LaMotta (IC)
102.Gene Fullmer (IC) (no sig, just a personalization)

HOCKEY
103.Wayne Gretzky (C) (auto-pen?)
104.Rod Langway (C)
105.Gordie Howe (adv. flier)
106.Johnny Bower (C)
107.Jean Beliveau (5x7)
108.Guy LaFleur (C)
109.John LeClair (5x7)
110.Rick Nash (C)

OTHER SPORTS
111.Freddy Adu (5x7)
112.Arnold Palmer (8x10)
113.Mario Andretti (C)
114.Nadia Comaneci (8x10)
115.Carl Lewis (5x7)
116.Danica Patrick (5x7)
117.Jimmie Johnson (C)
118.Jack Nicklaus (8x10) (auto-pen)
119.Annika Sorenstam (IC)



EMAIL RETURNS
1.Shaun Alexander
2.Harlem Globetrotters
3.Nick Faldo
4.Rick Reilly
5.Roger Federer
6.Amanda Beard
7.Troy Aikman (auto-pen?)
8.Coach K
9.Greg Norman