kristopher | October 31, 2009
Player: Jack Ham
Card: 1973 Topps Card #115
Team/Position: Pittsburgh Steelers / Outside Linebacker
Cost: About 3 Bucks (brutally off center)
When discussing the Steel Curtain of the seventies, where the hell to start is a great question. The entire defense consisted of talents ranging from well above average to sure-fire Hall of Famer. Neither Jack Lambert nor Jack Ham, [...]
kristopher | October 31, 2009
Player: Jack Tatum
Card: 1973 Topps Card #288
Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Safety
Cost: $4.00
Continuing with the Ohio State trend, here we have Jack Tatum’s ‘73 Rookie Card. The Oakland Raiders selected Tatum in the first round of the 1971 Draft with the 19th overall pick. Tatum quickly took over the starting free safety job and as they say, [...]
kristopher | October 31, 2009
Player: Jim Parker
Card: 1959 Topps Card #132
Team/Position: Baltimore Colts / Guard & Tackle
Cost: $4.50
After dealing with Jim Brown’s 1958 Rookie Card just the other day, it’s Jim Parker that shows up in my mailbox today. As I said, the 1959 edition of Topps Football is absolutely gorgeous and this card’s in pretty good condition. There’s a [...]
kristopher | October 30, 2009
Player: Max McGee
Card: 1959 Topps Football #4
Team/Position: Wide Receiver (END) / Green Bay Packers
Cost: $3.75
If there were a Hall of MAN Fame, Max McGee would be the very first inductee.
Speaking of which, who’s your very first induction class for the Man’s Hall of Fame? Richard Roundtree as Shaft with Isaac Hayes getting a supporting nod is [...]
kristopher | October 29, 2009
Player: Bruce Matthews
Card: 1989 Topps Card #91
Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Center-Guard
Cost: 25-delicious-cents
Bruce Matthews played a long, long, time. When it comes to playing well past your physical prime, you basically get a choice between Quarterback or Offensive Center. Both positions emphasize superior intellect over raw-physical ability — It takes a different breed of man to play [...]
kristopher | October 29, 2009
Player: Gale Sayers
Card: 1966 Philadelphia Card #38
Team/Position: Chicago Bears / Halfback
Cost: About 90 Bucks
Born in Wichita and educated at KU, the Kansas Comet was the only fitting nickname for a player of Sayers’ speed and fluidity. For all of Gale Sayers’ greatness, his Achilles heel ended up being his knees. In this day and age, runningbacks [...]
kristopher | October 29, 2009
Player: Jim Brown
Card: 1958 Topps Football Card #62
Team/Position:Cleveland Browns / Runningback
Cost: About 80 Bucks
I probably overpaid as this is topping out at a PSA 3, but more likely we’re dealing with the 1 to 2 range. But Goshdarnit, what a card!
The ‘58 version of Topps included Brown’s first card, but the design itself isn’t all that [...]
kristopher | October 28, 2009
Player: John Stallworth
Card: 1978 Topps Football Card #320
Team/Position: Pittsburgh Steelers / Wide Reciever
Cost: Purchased In Lot (About 2 Bucks)
Johnny Lee Stallworth didn’t get a card until 1978 after the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him in the fourth round of 1974. By the time Topps had produced him a card, Stallworth had already been to two Super [...]
kristopher | October 27, 2009
Player: Tony Dorsett
Card: 1978 Topps Football Card #314
Team/Position: Dallas Cowboys / Runningback
Cost: Purchased In Lot (about 3 bucks)
What a simply gorgeous football card! Everything about this card, produced in Tony’s second year, is just beautiful. The bright yellow border with black type just makes everything pop. Of course, poor centering stands out like a bi-atch [...]
kristopher | October 26, 2009
I absolutely destroyed my list this weekend with some steals, some deals, and some overpaying. I’m starting to get up there in price, but I’ll refrain from posting the goodies until they’re in my mailbox. I feel as though I’ve been pretty lucky with eBay. I’m not certain what the average is, but I’ve only [...]
