Which non-HoFer do you collect? (and why)

[Stonepony]

Mathewson, because of who he was as a player and to continue the Mathewson collection my dad started many years ago. I throw in a fair amount of Cobb types and a sprinkling of others.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

Mathewson, because of who he was as a player and to continue the Mathewson collection my dad started many years ago. I throw in a fair amount of Cobb types and a sprinkling of others.

Do you have any Non-Hof players that you collect? That was the question posed by the OP.

Brian

[bbcard1]

Billy Sunday. I did a complete OJ run and have several other pieces of paper from his ministry. I doubt I'll ever pop for the super big money required for the other Sunday player issues.

[Econteachert205]

Jackie Jensen. Amazing althlete, Red Sox connection, very honest about life, and for some reason his cards just look like artwork to me.

[btcarfagno]

"Indian" Bob Johnson. Because he SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME!!!

Tom C

[kmac32]

Elmer Miller of the New York Yankees in 1921 to 1922. Was the Yankees center fielder in the 1921 World Series, first Yankee ever to get a hit in a World Series, and was driven in by Ruth himself becoming the first Yankee to ever score in a World Series. He is also my great great uncle on my mother's side of the family.

[Luke]

I don't have a large collection of any certain player, but if I come across a Larry Doyle I usually hang onto it. He was one of the stars of the tobacco card era. 3rd in NL MVP in 1911 and won it in 1912. Then he led the league in hits, doubles and BA in 1915.

[Dave1943]

Doc Adkins is my focus as he was my Grandfather. I have T206 Broadleaf, Pd, PB, SC Fac and Fac 25, hope to upgrade AB and Cycle. Have T205 Hassan and PB as well as Colgans E254. ANy help would be most appreciated.

Respectfully,

Dave

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Do you have any Non-Hof players that you collect? That was the question posed by the OP.

Brian

Oops.....and No

[ValKehl]

Bill T., fortunately for me, "Deerfoot" Milan's (he led the A.L in stolen bases in 1912 & 1913 and had a career average of .285 with 2,100 hits) last year was 1922, because we might be competitors for his cards if he played a couple of years longer. My collecting focus is cards of ALL the players on the Washington Senators 1924 championship team. I include players who got traded or sent to the minors during the season, some of whom only played a few games with the Senators. I began this collecting focus after many years of collecting WaJo and Sam Rice cards and reaching the frustrating point of being unable to find and/or afford many/most of their cards that didn't have - so, going after cards of all the other players on the 1924 team instantly provided me with lots more card-collecting action.

Hence, I am always looking for tough cards of these non-HOFers (* indicates players who had no cards issued during their playing days, as far as I can determine): Nick Altrock, Ossie Bluege, Carl East*, George Fisher*, Chick Gagnon*, Bert/Buck Griffith* (Matt Williams' grandfather), Billy Hargrave, Joe Judge, Wade Lefler, Nemo Leibold, Firpo Marberry, Joe Martina, Wid Matthews, Slim McGrew, Earl McNeely, Ralph Miller, George Mogridge, Curly Ogden, Roger Peckinpaugh, Doc Prothro, Lance Richbourg, Muddy Ruel, Allen Russell, Mule Shirley, Carr Smith*, Byron Speece, Benny Tate, Tommy Taylor*, Ted Wingfield, Tom Zachary, and Paul Zahniser.

Post-WWII, I collect Pete Runnels and Mickey Vernon, who were my favorite Washington Senators players way back when I was a Little Leaguer in the 1950's.
Val

[Kawika]

Walter Schmidt was the younger brother of Boss Schmidt. No deep reason as to why I collect his cards but I find it neat that he shows up in a mix of cool sets such as T210s, Contentneas, Zeenuts and Obaks. He even has a Western Playground that I would love to find.

[MikeGarcia]

....I have always had a soft spot in my heart for cowboys since I married Leo Carrillo's favorite great-grandniece . Horse people.

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[bnorth]

In pre war it is not so much a player as a team for me. I love the T210 Ft Worth players. I find the red borders with the B/W photos to be the most beautiful T cards. I focused on the Ft Worth team because the inner child in me giggles and I smile from ear to ear when I see that FTW on their jerseys.