kristopher | January 2, 2010
Player: Pete Pihos
Card: 1948 Leaf Gum Co., Card #16
Team/Position: Philadelphia Eagles / Wide Receiver, Defensive End
Cost: $15.25
I had yet another chance to add a 1948 Bowman to my collection, but once again decided on the Leaf alternative. It’s not that the ‘48 Bowman set is ugly or the ‘48 Leaf set is gorgeous, it’s just [...]
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Player: Cris Carter
Card: 1989 Score Football, Card #72
Team/Position: Philly Eagles, Minnesota Vikings / Wide Receiver
Cost: document.write(‘$0.50′);$0.50
If Cris Carter isn’t a first-ballot Hall of Famer, I don’t know who is. Jerry Rice is obviously going to be a first-ballot guy; but realistically, do you have to be the greatest player at your position to be deemed [...]
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Player: Steve Largent
Card: 1977 Topps Football Card #177
Team/Position: Seattle Seahawks / Wide Receiver
Cost: $3.75
Largent finished up his career at Tulsa as an All-American, yet slipped into the fourth round of the NFL Draft. The Houston Oilers originally planned on cutting the great white hope, until the expansion Seahawks traded an 8th round pick for his [...]
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. The ‘56 set holds [...]
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 was a half-back for [...]
kristopher | November 7, 2009
Player: Paul Warfield
Card: 1965 Philadelphia Football Card #41
Team/Position: Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins / Split End, Wide Receiver
Cost: $20
The 1965 Philadelphia Football Set is absolutely gorgeous and as far as I can tell, it was the first set to place the NFL Shield on the front of the card. Upper Deck released their very own version [...]
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 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 [...]
