My Unitas run so far

familytoad · #1 09-23-2015, 07:22 PM

I am a big Johnny Unitas fan too.
Not a Colts fan necessarily,but Johnny was the legend when I was growing up.
He was near the tail end of his career when I started collecting FB cards in 1970, but like you...I have gone back to do a run of his cards. I still need quite a few, but I secured the 57 earlier this year.

Much like our dearly departed Yogi, our favorite QB was not particularly handsome and Topps didn't do him many favors on the choice of photos they used for his card

It's hard to believe that it's been 13 years since he passed. Or that he set a record with 32 TD passes way back in 1959.

What is your favorite card? I assume not counting the rookie card?
His poses were not too creative either, but I kinda like the look on the 58 Topps.

Kurri17 · #2 09-23-2015, 08:00 PM

Brian,
Thanks for the response. We must be about the same age, I was six in 1970 and started collecting football 1971 and pulled my first Johnny that year. That's great you are doing your own run.
I really hadn't counted the years, it sure is hard to believe its been that long since he passed. They loved him in Baltimore and I do love seeing the "19" on the sidelines at the Ravens stadium.
You are right, it certainly would have been nice to have a few more attractive cards. That '60 shown above just came today, and I waited a long time to find one that was at a price I was willing to pay for that particular card.
As far as favorites go, I do like that '58, but really like the '64 and '66 Philly issues as well. Of course, the RC is probably my favorite card in all of my collections, both because of the card it is and how I acquired it. Short version is that I showed up at my local shop one day and someone had just brought in an almost complete set of '57s along with a bunch of extras including three Unitas RCs. The set and all the extras were just like mine in really nice shape. I oohed and awed over them for awhile, and just in conversation told the owner who I've known for quite some time now which one of the RCs I liked the best. I came home and raved to my wife about what he had at the shop and never thought another word about it. Fast forward to Christmas day and there it was, from my wife.
Thanks again for the post and good luck with picking up the ones you need.

Rob

mojorob · #3 09-24-2015, 08:29 AM

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