Shag
I think it's a combination of all of the above - he is a southern leaguer, so a lower population than most, but he's not a low pop southern leaguer. He has the Notre Dame ties (played both baseball and football there). The cool hair definitely adds to the allure of the card.
Hoarding in the past could add to it - but his card seems widely available - just at higher than every other southern leaguer prices.
I'm told that canadians just love to snatch him up. He is in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame.
He introduced the Option play to American football while coaching at Yale & Cornell (whose ties could also increase demand). He coached baseball and football at Clemson, and football at Washington & Lee.
He was the manager of the Ottawa Senators - so hockey ties as well.
So a pretty interesting character with a cool haircut and a lower pop subset.
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