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first and goal a football card blog with a few extra topics for good measure first and goal a football card blog with a few extra topics for good measure home about hof spotlight heisman highlight emmitt smith masterpieces buccos hof spotlight ollie matson 08 06 2012 name ollie matson position halfback pro career 1952 1954 1966 team affiliation s chicago cardinals los angeles rams detroit lions philadelphia eagles college san francisco induction class 1972 hof profile click here brief bio a lone shining star in an otherwise dark abyss ollie matson was often the sole bright spot for awful teams yet despite playing for just two teams with winning records during his brilliant 14 year career and often being the opposing defense s only target matson built an exceptional résumé a quick footed all american who represented the united states in the 1952 olympics matson was the number 1 draft choice of the basement dwelling chicago cardinals and was their supposed savior when he was traded to los angeles for an unheard of 9 players in 1959 he was once again labeled the potential deliverer for a fledging franchise while lady luck was never matson s teammate he competed to his fullest year in and year out and was a six time pro bowl and all nfl honoree career stats 171 games played 5 173 rushing yards 40 rushing tds 3 285 receiving yards 23 receiving tds 3 746 kickoff return yards 6 kickoff return tds 119 passing yards 595 punt return yards 3 punt return tds 1 fumble recovery td 3 ints featured card 1952 bowman 127 along with fellow university of san francisco alumnus and 1972 hall of inductee gino marchetti ollie matson was featured on his rookie card before ever playing a down of professional football something not nearly as common as today there are not a lot of copies of this card listed on ebay but prices range from about 50 to 499 buying vintage can certainly be a lot of fun especially for older collectors or football history buffs just always be aware of what you re buying as lots of counterfeits and reprints do exist especially for a legendary set like the 1952 bowmans note you can find all of my hall of fame spotlight features by clicking the hof spotlight banner above leave a comment bowman hof spotlight rookie cards vintage tagged 1952 bowman football card blog football cards hof los angeles rams ollie matson pro football hof rookie card vintage football card blog permalink posted by cpadave greatest business cards ever 07 31 2012 in helping to build hype for the 2012 national sports collectors convention panini has been previewing items that will be available as part of their wrapper redemption program today s sneak peek is an interesting one available exclusively via instant redemption cards are these gems that s right those are authentic panini america emlpoyee autographed work worn relic cards not impressed well consider these facts 1 they are being offered as part of the wrapper redemption program exclusively at the national they will not be inserted into packs of normal product 2 they are free panini doesn t owe you anything for opening their product this is just a freebie perk so get over it and 3 panini itself is poking fun at the idea of having these cards produced you can read the entire reveal blog post here at the very least it gives collectors a chance to meet some of the top insiders at panini america and serves as a conversation starter a conversation which will no doubt lead to topics such as what do you like about our cards or how can we better serve your collecting interests most interesting to me at least is the video panini posted of the making of obviously it focuses on these employee cards but i assume this is pretty indicative of how all relic cards are producedand is pretty cool to watch now maybe i need to revisit my business card design 2 comments autographs news panini relics tagged autographed cards national sports collectors convention panini relic cards sports cards sports illustrated permalink posted by cpadave hof spotlight gino marchetti 07 30 2012 name gino marchetti position defensive end pro career 1952 1964 1966 team affiliation s dallas texans baltimore colts college san francisco induction class 1972 hof profile click here brief bio if one man struck fear into the hearts of professional quarterbacks during the 1950s and early 1960s that man would have to be gino marchetti still considered one of the greatest defensive ends of all time marchetti was a fierce competitor with a knack for squelching rushing plays and even greater ability to disrupt an opponent s passing attack marchetti was named to a then record 11 straight pro bowls although he was forced to miss one with a broken leg and was named to nine straight all nfl teams after his career ended he still collected accolades as he was named the top defensive end of the nfl s initial 50 seasons career stats 161 games played 13 fumble recoveries 2 fumble recovery tds 1 receiving td his only professional reception 1 safety 1 int featured card 1952 bowman 23 even as an unproven rookie gino marchetti had the attention of the masses and was included in the now legendary 1952 bowman set there are surprisingly few copies listed on ebay and the average price seems to be just north of 100 for a rookie card of one of the greatest defensive ends of all time that seems like a sweet deal to me when looking to purchase a 1952 bowman football card keep in mind that there is a large and a small set also as with all vintage sets there are lots of graded copies available along with the usually lower priced raw cards decide what you like best before you start buying so you can have some focus and continuity in your collection note you can find all of my hall of fame spotlight features by clicking the hof spotlight banner above leave a comment hof spotlight tagged 1952 bowman baltimore colts football card blog football cards gino marchetti hof pro football hof vintage football cards permalink posted by cpadave hof spotlight lamar hunt 07 23 2012 name lamar hunt position league founder owner pro career 1959 2006 team affiliation s dallas texans kansas city chiefs college southern methodist induction class 1972 hof profile click here brief bio what do you do when you re a 26 year old who is frustrated in trying to obtain an nfl franchise establish a new rival league that s just what lamar hunt did in 1959 when he helped create the american football league to challenge the nfl s stronghold on professional football a year later he established the dallas texans franchise which was eventually moved to kansas city and changed its nickname to the chiefs hunt fought vehemently for the afl s survival and spearheaded a total equality merger with the nfl in 1966 his tireless efforts with the new league and the successful franchise he operated as a solid backbone of that league helped forever change the landscape of professional football and formed the nfl as we know and love it today featured card 1990 swell greats 40 while visionary founders and owners like lamar hunt have perhaps the greatest impact on the sport they are often overlooked in the popular esteem as such hunt does not have an official rookie card but has been honored in many hof focused card sets such as this junk wax era gem current ebay prices are obviously very low for this type of card and would make for an economical addition to any hof collection note you can find all of my hall of fame spotlight features by clicking the hof spotlight banner above leave a comment hof spotlight tagged 1990 swell greats football card blog football cards hof kansas city chiefs lamar hunt pro football hof permalink posted by cpadave topps ups the ante 07 18 2012 since the advent of the relic card manufacturers have been trying to find new things to cut up and stuff between two pieces of card stock it started with basic squares of plain jersey ramped up to multi color swatches and evolved into letter and logo patches of massive size companies have also gotten creative with the source of those relics by cutting up practice jerseys game used jerseys player worn jerseys pants although it never stated what part of the pants and even laundry tags which many collectors quipped were pulled right off of freshly worn jock straps but it didn t stop with things worn by players several companies have bought and cut up anything and everything from old military photos cancelled checks and even other cards to stuff into cut auto cards although obviously the emphasis is more on the signature than the fact that this is a check personally used by joe dimaggio to pay his electric bill and is guaranteed to be authentic topps added real hairs into their allen ginter dna relics again leading to rather comical assumptions by collectors upper deck started slabbing real bugs in their goodwin champions entomology sets and then today topps showed us this photo yes you are seeing that correctly an authentic fight used mouth piece in a card part of me thinks this is a very cool and ingenuitive there is no mystery surrounding the relic and its source the teeth imprints take that away but another part of me thinks is a tad well gross yes collectors have joked about the jock strap tags and the pubic dna but there s just no getting around a mouth piece at least there isn t a lost tooth lodged in it to see more photos of these grill gear cards you can view the gallery on topps facebook page here topps ufc goes live today what do you guys think is this totally awesome and a great idea or did topps go a bit too far in bringing us as close as possible to our favorite athletes leave a comment topps tagged grill gear news topps ufc permalink posted by cpadave omgzzz 1 07 17 2012 here at first and goal we have very important and pressing announcement to make omgzzzz 11 1 i is haz ginter 1 omg allen ginter that is all you may now return to your previously scheduled activities for those of you who are curious yes this bad boy is ready and raring to go for the annual gint a cuffs competition last year i had to do a faux gint a cuffs entry because i had missed the entry deadline my inability to make quick decisions led me to buying a box about a month or two later than everyone else but this year i m in in fact the box is all ripped and mostly written up i just need to scan everything and wait for the official scoring rules you can check in on all of the gint a cuffs iv action here leave a comment first and goal tagged 2012 allen ginter baseball card blog baseball cards gint a cuffs topps permalink posted by cpadave previous entries 1 g scout search contact us 1 g online store group breaks card club post depth chart post depth chart select month august 2012 1 july 2012 6 april 2012 1 march 2012 1 february 2012 3 january 2012 5 december 2011 2 november 2011 5 october 2011 11 september 2011 6 august 2011 25 july 2011 7 june 2011 3 may 2011 19 april 2011 13 march 2011 6 february 2011 7 january 2011 13 december 2010 5 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