kristopher | November 29, 2009
Player: Earl Campbell Card: 1979 Topps Football Card #390 Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Runningback Cost: $2.80 I knew this deal was too good to be true, I knew it. I purchased this Earl Campbell with a Dan Fouts Rookie Card because the seller agreed to ship it via standard airmail. Rant Ensues, Feel Free To [...]
kristopher | November 25, 2009
Player: Steve “Big Boy” Van Buren Card: 1950 Bowman Gum, Card #23 Team/Position: Philadelphia Eagles / Runningback Cost: Acquired in a $20.00 Lot After writing about Steve Van Buren’s Leaf rookie card yesterday, I received a wonderful surprise today: Steve Van Buren’s first Bowman card that doesn’t look like a boring old stock photo. While [...]
kristopher | November 25, 2009
Player: Steve “Big Boy” Van Buren Card: 1948 Leaf Football, Card #22 Team/Position: Philadelphia Eagles / Runningback Cost: $23.00 The print-line across the top definitely detracts from this 1948 Steve Van Buren, but it also made it affordable. There’s currently a PSA 5 available on eBay for just over 100 dollars, which is actually a [...]
kristopher | November 24, 2009
Player: Marion Motley Card: 1950 Bowman Football, Card #43 Team/Position: Cleveland Browns / Fullback Cost: $30.00 The 1950 Bowman Gum Football set is one of the greatest sets of all time. Prior to the 1950 season, the AAFC merged with the NFL and some of the all-time greats finally got their first rookie cards. The [...]
kristopher | November 16, 2009
Player: Eric Dickerson Card: 1984 Topps Football Card #280 Team/Position: Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders / Runningback Cost: $5.00 For some reason, I feel that runningbacks of the 80′s definitely get lost in the wash. Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders went about destroying records at such a frequency that the Eric Dickersons and [...]
kristopher | November 15, 2009
Player: Leroy Kelly Card: 1967 Philadelphia Football Card #43 Team/Position: Cleveland Browns / Runningback Cost: $13.00 For some reason, this card eluded me for a good chunk of time. When I finally saw one on eBay, I pounced all over it. I probably ended up overpaying for a GAI graded 2, but at least I’m [...]
kristopher | November 13, 2009
Player: Joe Perry Card: 1955 Bowman Football #44 Team/Position: San Francisco / Full Back Cost: Free Money No, not this Joe Perry, who was joined on-stage at the Fillmore by Steven Tyler to dismiss rumors of Aerosmith’s breakup. No, not the Joe Perry who came out the next day to say that the break-up was [...]
kristopher | November 13, 2009
Player: Lenny Moore Card: 1956 Topps Football #60 Team/Position: Baltimore Colts / Halfback Cost: $9.00 Lenny Moore was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1956 draft out of Penn State. Lenny ended up being one of the few players to get his rookie card in his draft year. [...]
kristopher | November 9, 2009
Player: Bobby Mitchell Card: 1959 Topps Football Card #140 Team/Position: Halfback, Flanker / Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns Cost: $9.00 Bobby Mitchell was yet another incredible athlete from the prestigious Big-10 conference. This time, rather than ranting and raving about Ohio State, we’re taking a trek westward to visit Champaign, Illinois, and their Fightin’ Illini. Mitchell [...]
kristopher | November 7, 2009
Player: Bo Jackson Card: 1987 Topps Football Card #327 Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Halfback Cost: $5 Bo Jackson was absolutely one of the best football players of all time, if you’re basing the list solely on talent. Unfortunately, Jackson’s career, in both football and baseball, was cut far too short by a devastating hip injury. [...]
