kristopher | November 17, 2009
Player: Mel Hein
Card: 1955 Topps All Americans, Card #28
Team/Position: Washington State (New York Giants) / Center, Linebacker
Cost: $18.00
Mel Hein was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the first ever class in 1963.
Sammy Baugh, Bert Bell, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, George Halas, Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Curly Lambeau, [...]
kristopher | November 14, 2009
Player: Dick Butkus
Card: 1966 Philadelphia Football Card #31
Team/Position: Chicago Bears / The Middle Linebacker
Cost: $45.00
Dick Butkus was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979 and is without a doubt, the greatest linebacker to ever put on a pair of shoulder pads. Butkus was, and always will be, the meanest sunnabitch to ever play football.
Butkus’ [...]
kristopher | November 3, 2009
Player: Mike Singletary
Card: 1983 Topps Card #38
Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Tackle
Cost: Almost Free!
I ended up grabbing this Singletary in an ‘83 Bears lot; so it came cheap. It’s brutally off-center and it’s pretty freakin’ ugly to boot. Something definitely happened to Topps’ design team when the clock struck 1980.
Green and Purple as the two main colours [...]
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, [...]
