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05-06-2012, 10:58 AM
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I never knew that about his knee. What a rough way to go out. Great looking card, even with his weird squat pose.
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05-06-2012, 11:29 AM
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I guess the bull rush wasn't big back then ...
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05-06-2012, 08:48 PM
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What a story about his knee! Well at least it wasn't a concussion!
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05-07-2012, 01:17 AM
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Chicle a day
Now I'm wanting to collect this set & the 55's. Keep em coming!
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05-07-2012, 07:11 AM
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Day #12 - Tom Hupke
Card #12 in the Chicle set is Tom Hupke. Tom played for the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Rams during his NFL career. He was on the Lions team that won the 1935 NFL Championship. More info on his playing career is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hupke
Tom was a 2x All-American guard at Alabama but was critically injured in a car crash that claimed the life of one of his passengers, while he and others were heading home from school for Christmas in Dec '32. For a while they thought he might lose his left arm due to crash injuries but he recovered. He subsequently had surgery on his arm to correct nerve damage but it is unclear how much this impacted the rest of his playing career. I noticed in his picture that he has one hand open and one closed. Not sure if this is just a pose or if he had on-going arm issues that impacted his ability to use one of his arms. Tom died young at 48 in 1959 after an extended illness. hupke35front.jpg hupke35back.jpg jeff
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05-07-2012, 10:40 AM
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I wonder if the artist used press photos as the guide for the card or if they had a headshot and "imagined" the rest (stance, body, etc). If they used press photos then I could see how his hand might show up like that due to his injury. Funny, I would have never paid attention to that otherwise.
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05-07-2012, 07:17 PM
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Me neither! It wasn't until I learned about his injury that I went back and looked at the picture and it struck me as a bit odd how different his hand were positioned. Maybe nothing but an interesting theory.
jeff
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