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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
