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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
