New FB Acquisitions

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Picked up a couple of signed Goal Line Art Cards for my collection. Other than Namath, they are my main collecting focus for Football. These are Charley Trippi and Dante Lavelli.

Looking at Trippi's uniform one has to wonder why his face is clean and his nose isn't broken.

As for Lavelli, are "Gluefingers" the football equivalent of the spitball?

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Looking at Trippi's uniform one has to wonder why his face is clean and his nose isn't broken.

As for Lavelli, are "Gluefingers" the football equivalent of the spitball?

reverse spitball. LOL For those too young to remember, glue was allowed (well, not banned) on receivers hands. I used to watch Fred Biletnikoff use a ton of glue for each game. Pretty sure they had to throw out the ball after each catch.

[andybecker]

Originally Posted by mr2686

reverse spitball. LOL For those too young to remember, glue was allowed (well, not banned) on receivers hands. I used to watch Fred Biletnikoff use a ton of glue for each game. Pretty sure they had to throw out the ball after each catch.

true. Fred kept a reserve stash of stickum on his socks. Jack Tatum was covered in it. Tatum could catch a ball without using his hands

[andybecker]

actually, i'm wrong. it wasn't Tatum (though he used it too), it was Lester Hayes. Lester was covered in it.

[Kurri17]

Really excited about this pick-up. Big fan and collector of the Kellogg's issues, and like the '71 baseball, the the '71 football is a monster to get in nice shape. My LCS knows me well, and took these in and made them available to me. Thirty-nine different '71s, all NM with no cracking except for two, so thirty-seven additions to my NM set, putting me at 48/60. A little curl, but not bad, and they all fit together like a glove in that stack, so guess they have been together for quite some time. Anyway, made my day, thanks for the look.