Show your favorite stuff from any sport except Baseball...
 

A pair of 1912 Jim Thorpe vintage original TYPE I photographs taken by Legendary Lensmen Paul Thompson & George Grantham Bain. Obviously, Thompson & Bain were standing very close to each other when they snapped these incredible images just a split second apart.

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There are sports other than baseball?!

Mr. Hockey
 

18"x24' Labatt's Canada's Beer poster signed by Gordy. D.

Not much sports action in this, but I think it exemplifies hockey in the 1920s. A shot of the Saskatoon Shieks travelling on the Canadian prairies. From ex-Ranger Andy Aitkenhead's estate

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edited to add: and it goes with this sweater I have

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YES! ~COLLEGE FOOTBALL~

and I don't really collect it, but if I did I would collect PreWW1 Nebraska stuff.

Besides yearbooks this is all I have
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Odds 'n Ends
 

True "Cagers" back in the day when they actually played the game inside a fenced-in court with no out-of-bounds:

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Possibly the earliest football tintype:

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Rob M.

Max - the sweater is awesome - do you wear it around the house in the winter? :)

Dirty mean fighter from Portland
 

I have some Bobby Orr stuff, but not vintage enough. I bet them Cagers could talk some trash. Tough lookin bunch. The Thorpe's r amazing. All good stuff.

1924 Paris Olympics, USA delegation and the Big Kahuna is in here, somewheres.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ympicspc-1.jpg

Favorites ....
 

YazFan —

Great card of a great fighter — but he wasn't from Portland.

"Mysterious" Billy Smith, who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this past June, was a Canadian from Little River, Nova Scotia, and won the first officially recognized world welterweight championship on April 17, 1893. Towards the end of his career he moved to the West Coast, opening a hotel and Turkish bath in Yakima, Washington, and then a saloon in Portland, where he died on Oct. 15, 1937.

About 98% of what I collect is baseball but of the remaining these three items would be my favorites.

"To a good fighter from a lucky one."
8x10 photo
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Duke Kahanamoku postcard, more often seen as b&w. Don't worry, Anthony; it's in the Will.
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Picked this up for a loonie in a Gastown junque shop back in the '70's. It is coveted by a certain Saskatoonian (Saskatoonite?, Saskatoonarooni?) who frequents this board. Don't worry, brah; it's in the Will (I'll throw in the license plate, too).
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David, Awesome postcard. It really shows the "porthole" Paoa used to check for sealife and shallow hazards. How do I get in that will?

Great idea for a painting!

Bronko by Burke...
 

Vintage original TYPE I photograph...

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You're obviously correct and I knew about some of the above (nice additional info though.) I guess "from Portland" can have different meanings.

I hear ya Dan Bretta!

Here is the only item I own related to the U. of Neb. :D

Not memorabilia as such but a favorite piece I put together with some golf 3x5s several years ago.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...r/BST/golf.jpg

Large Ali/Spinks poster signed by both in the 80's.
Gordie Howe colored magazine piece with signed 4 x 5 card.

Here's one for Dan!

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That good looking fellow pictured on the sign is my uncle, who broadcast Nebraska football games on radio from 1951 to 1992. At 14, his American Legion baseball team was sent from Oklahoma to see the third, fourth and fifth games of the 1937 World Series at the Polo Grounds, and Carl Hubbell took the team into the Giants locker room where they were given autographs by all the players. As a student after serving in the war, he broadcast sports events at the University of Oklahoma. He moved to Omaha in 1951 to join WOW radio and WOW-TV. An avid fan of all sports, he covered Creighton basketball, Omaha Cardinals baseball, high school sports, Husker basketball, baseball and football in addition to his nightly duties as television sportscaster. Uncle Jack also was the Public Address Announcer at the College World Series in Omaha from 1963 to 2000, and was a television fixture in Omaha for many years. He found time to give me an autographed Husker team football in 1965 and let me sit beside him as he broadcast the 1967 Big 8 Holiday Basketball tournament in Kansas City. He's now 86 and still pulling for the Big Red. Finding this sign in an antique shop was a real thrill for me!

As always Rick...you never disappoint. Thank you for posting that terrific piece and for sharing such a great story.

Best, Jimmy

Beautiful Golf display Jeff.
 

A pair of Bobby Jones vintage original TYPE I photographs from 1925 & 1930.

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Mark

As I live in Vancouver, no need to wear the sweater as we wear shorts and T-shirts in the winter, and leave the snow and cold to the rest of Canada :)

The Sheiks' items particularly appeal to me, as I'm originally from Saskatoon

Max

Been talkin' to play writers, been workin' on words; phrases!:)

A couple of college kids that did pretty good as pros...
 

Original TYPE I photographs by the great post-war photographer Malcolm Emmons.

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Sing another prairie tune
 

I been hangin' around grain elevators
I been learnin' 'bout food
I been talkin' to soil farmers
I been workin' on land

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Damn great country!!

My favoUrite Canadian song by the best band to come out of this country. I knew a few on here would get the reference!

Basketball Wax Packs & Empty Wax Boxes...
 

1961-62 Fleer & 1970-71 Topps Tall-Boys.

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This ought to be fun!
 

Here are some boxing items I like:

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Still from the motion picture "The Prizefighter and the Lady" showing (L-R) Jess Willard, Max Baer, director of the film, Jim Jeffries, Jack Dempsey and Primo Carnera.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=1083

Advertising poster for sheet music for a Jim Jeffries-inspired song.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=1082

Promotional poster for my cousin, seeking a shot at the title.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=1085

Photograph of my cousin and Sammy Mandell signing for a title fight, Jack Dempsey as promoter. The fight never happened, I don't know why.

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Matchbook covers from restaurants owned in NYC by Abe Attell and Jim Braddock

More masterpieces by Malcolm Emmons...
 

Vintage original TYPE I photographs. Starr, Brown, Unitas, Namath.

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Today seems to be cereal premium day, so here's a group of 1936 Rippled Wheat Jack Dempsey premiums!

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A pair of women"s bloomers probably used for basketball. Made by Spalding.

That is VERY COOL! I know a lot of guys who would kill for that. I remember your uncle very well.

Thanks for sharing.

I'm pretty sure that game never happened. :D

A couple of big game tickets...
 

'Win one for the Gipper" & "We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it."

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"The Grand Slam"
 

Vintage original TYPE I photograph showing Bobby Jones as he just won the 1930 U.S. Amateur and completes his quest for the Grand Slam of Golf. Also shown as a companion piece to the photograph, is a volunteer badge from the 2005 U.S. Amateur which was held at Merion Golf Club. The same course that Jones won at some seventy five years prior.

Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston
 

Type 1 Clay vs Liston II

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I bought this in legendary and believe it to be a Type 1 as it has the UPI stamp associated to the era. However, UPI is tricky so we shall see when I get it and see the paper..finger's crossed. In anycase, ICONIC and worth a shot..no pun of course.
Things changed a llittle since teh two signatures below....
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Original Photo Childhood Michael Jordan LL Baseball

Joe Namath and the New York Jets make football history.
SB III program autographed by Namath and Weeb Ewbank.
1968 AFL Championship Program which I paid 75 cents for at Shea Stadium. I paid $10 for my ticket, thanks to a guy who had one extra ticket and did not want to scalp his 40 yard line field level ticket. My friends thought I was foolish to try to get in but I did :).

Boy Anthony, that Jordan snapshot RULES!
 

It took me a few years to find a Bobby Jones PC/Cut from the 1930's or earlier, but my patience paid off. I bought this one a couple of years ago. JSA/LOA

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The Greatest
 

Prob. my favorite of 327 NHL Jerseys....I have a sickness

Wow!
 

If that's sick... I don't want to be well!

I Know I agree-I just wrote that in case my wife reads it.......

Problem solved...
 

Keep the collection. Dump the wife.

Minneapolis Lakers Player Calendars
 

Here are some Minneapolis Lakers player calendars from the early 1950's. I think these are pretty tough to find as I have only seen a few others.

Minneapolis Lakers Player Calendars
 

Here are the rest of the Lakers Player calendars.

1971 LSU schedule poster signed by coaches:

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Sideline pass from LSU '58 NC season:

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1949 LSU Boxing NC program:

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Hat from 66 Cotton Bowl given to players & coaches:

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1968 Sugar Bowl watch given to Coach Pop Strange:

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Pete Maravich Keds shoes:

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http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...U/peteshoe.jpg

Candy/Ash Tray from National Sports Awards 1958:

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1959 Sugar Bowl program framed with 2004 Sugar Bowl program:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r.../59program.jpg

Nice frame job on those programs.

The '59 sugar must of been a hell of a game, correct me if I'm wrong,but I think LSU scored early on a kick return(?) Then both teams scoreless the rest of the way.

Nope, I was wrong, Billy Cannon TD pass after CU fumbled on their own 11 in the 3rd qtr.

This has been in my collection since I won it, in 1967. :D


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Jim Thorpe
 

Type 1 Bain photo of a VERY YOUNG Jim Thorpe

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A 1940's article explaining Knute's playing encounter with the "Big Indian". Just an AWESOME story...

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Some more Malcolm Emmons beauties...
 

Vintage original TYPE I Photographs.

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Gotta love the Emmons...right up there with the Grandma...
 

Nice stuff Jimmy!

Muhammad Ali signed SI cover

The Great Jack Dempsey and his sparing partner. ;)

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Here's a card from a Churchman's set. As it says, it is American football. I always wondered if someone didn't have the actual photo that this card was made from. It's from a 1929 set.

I'm a bit of a type collector with memorabilia (as is my card collection) and I only really look for one piece to fall in love with and represent a sport.
This boxing title belt is attributed to Mike 'the professor' Donovan circa middle/late 1870's...

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A couple of pieces from my favorite all-time non-baseball athlete.

A pair of the Masters related memorabilia. c. 1970's a terrific signed Augusta scorecard (Par 3 course) and a guest badge from his historic win in 1986,

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And don't forget about the rain coats, umbrellas and rubber boots;)



That is a really great Sheiks sweater Max

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ePhoto1931.jpg 1931 Bronco Nagurski Comin at Ya!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Fautophoto.jpg KC Jones USF
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...yWirePhoto.jpg Jim Brown MVP
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/P1040197.jpg Willie Shoemaker & other jockies
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nshipPhila.jpg 1897 Natl Amatuer Bicycle championships photo finish!

non-baseball beauty
 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/P1040043.jpg 1889 tri colored gold rowing medal San Francisco Bay
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Michael Jordan Type I Original Press Photo 1989
 

Classic MJ streaking toward the hoop w/ tongue hanging out as 4 Celtic players converge on him.

Original, large single sheet soccer program for Belfast Celtic's first game on their tour of USA + Canada in 1949. This was for a game played in New York against a local select side:

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This was the first ever tour to the USA by an Irish soccer side. This game caused significantly controversy back home in Belfast as the Belfast Celtic side paraded the Irish tricolour at the ground before the match.

More significantly, the tour marked the last hurrah of the great Belfast Celtic side as, despite being the most successful side in Irish soccer history, they withdrew from domestic football that summer following political crowd trouble at a game earlier in the season. Most expected their withdrawal would only be for a year or two but they never came back.


My favourite match worn shirt:

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This is an Irish international soccer shirt from the 1920s, supplied to the team by the Athletic Stores in Belfast, a leading sports supplier of the era that still exists today. It is a heavy, woolen shirt. Until 1931, the Irish soccer side played in St Patrick's Blue rather than green.

Congrats
 

Wow Rick I'm so glad for you that you found that sign!.....it's a beaut and great bio of your uncle

Some Jim Jeffries and Muhammad Ali Items
 

7.5" x 9.5" [10" x 12" mount] mounted photo of Jim Jeffries on his farm in Burbank with his pup, with a handwritten copyright of 1906 By Jas. J. Jeffries and Jas. M. Johnson [perhaps the photographer], captioned "The Good Friends" in pencil on the mount:

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10.5" x 13" print of Jim Jeffries. The photographers' imprint at the bottom right is the famous Dana Studio in San Francisco. Judging from the look of the image, the imprint and Jeffries' appearance, I'd say this is a 1910 image shot of him at either the Hotel Rowardennan, near Santa Cruz CA, or Reno NV, when he was in training for the Johnson fight:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20Jeffries.JPG

I collect fighter-issued promotional photos and related items. The 'holy grail' of such a collection would be an early Cassius Clay piece. Here it is, from January 1964, a month before he would win the title from Liston and 'come out' as a muslim under the name Muhammad Ali. Caption on the photo reads "Cassius Clay I Am The Greatest." The letter has the usual tri-fold for a regular envelope and in person you can see where the photo pressed against it. Both letter and picture have the preprinted Cassius Clay on it:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit.../large/005.jpg

irish footballers
 

That is great stuff. I love the Irish sweater jersey. I saw a book on Belfast Celtic once in London. I thought I would pick it up later, but I didn't know how limited British book printing were. I never found again.

I would love to see more soccer items if you have any.

Yes, there have been a few books on Belfast Celtic published over the years, some better than others although all have had limited print runs. Not sure, but guessing that the store you saw the Belfast Celtic book at in London was Sports Pages? This was a specialist sports, mainly football (aka soccer), store here in London which unfortunately closed a few years ago.

I'll post more soccer items of interest when I return home to Belfast where my collection is housed (I live / work in London) as soccer is my main interest. I collect the Northern Ireland national team and two Belfast clubs (Belfast Celtic and Crusaders) but these days only really go for pre WWII items, esp photos but they are incredibly hard to find. However, I also collect some continental European items from the 1950s and 1960s across various iconic clubs - Real Madrid, Benfica, AC Milan & Internationale.

One book about Belfast Celtic that is easy to obtain is 'Paradise Lost & Found' by Padraig Coyle. It's on Amazon US for a couple of bucks in paperback:

http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Lost-...9424034&sr=8-3

I read it a while ago, it's a good general history of the team, and the circumstances of their demise.

There's an excellent website about the team here:

http://www.belfastceltic.org/index1.html

There's a list of other books about them there too.

Still my favorite non-baseball SI since it came out the day I was born.

I wouldn't recommend the Padraig Coyle book at all.

The better histories are by Mark Tuohy (published in 1979 to mark the 30th anniversary of their departure from football and reprinted in 1989 at the 40th anniversary) and one written by John Kennedy, also published in 1989.

Both of these books are simply called "Belfast Celtic" which can cause potential confusion. The Kennedy book is less good on historical matters but is lavishly illustrated with period photographs of the team over itssix decades lifespan and is visually excellent.

Type I photo of HOFer Hap Day from 1937-38 season:

I'm back to my family home in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Christmas period and thought I'd show some of my football (soccer) items purchased this year.

Original photos of Belfast Celtic from 1937/1938, 1940/1941 and 1946/1947 seasons. These were amongst the most successful seasons in the history of Belfast Celtic. The 1940/1941 photo is particularly poignant for me as in April 1941 (towards end of the 1940/1941 season), the city of Belfast suffered two particularly bad air-raids by German bombers which decimated much of the city.

The photos from 1940/1941 and 1946/1947 may not necessarily be considered "type 1" in a technical sense but they are original creations from the time. All three images were taken and mounted by R. Clements Lyttle, the then official photographic studio of the Northern Irish government.

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Also, showing a Northern Ireland (also known as Ireland) shirt worn in the international versus Scotland in the 1936/1937 season and the honourary "cap" awarded to the player. This particular player was Davy "Boy" Martin, a very famous footballer of the era. He was nicknamed "Boy" both due to his small physical stature and the fact he was a drummer boy in his teenage years (he was an orphan) for the Ulster Rifles (British army regiment). His career would ultimately end due to injury sustained in the Second World War.

The sports outfitters (Athletic Stores, Belfast) noted on the collar is still here but, after 100 years, the distinctive building on Belfast's Queen Street will soon be demolished to make way for apartments. All rather sad.



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Happy Christmas to everyone from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

My complete set (series 1 & 2) of 1938 Churchman Cigarettes Footballers

Strange for a baseball collector, but a handwritten Johnson letter was on my short list. I learned a lot about him while researching the 1909-11 KC black baseball teams, looking for a different 'Jack Johnson', while reading through the 'Freeman'. The boxer was hugely popular and occupied half the print space in those old papers.

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This is a great piece! Not that strange as I have wanted a jack Johnson as well for awhile now. What a historic piece. The letter appears to be written during his fighting days too??(1915). Hard for me to tell as I am on my phone but either way, a fantastic addition to any collection. Me likey.

Thanks. He lost the championship April 5, 1915, to Jess Willard. This letter is dated October 15, 1915.

On November 25, 1920 (according to his wiki), he fought the 'baseball' Jack Johnson (who I am still researching) in Leavenworth, Kansas. There is some debate over the exact date or if the fight even took place.

Maybe Adam knows?

As someone who absolutely loves the baseball imagery, esp. through vintage photos, that many provide on this forum, I thought I'd show a few of the original football (i.e. "soccer" in US terminology) photos that I was able to pick up in 2012:

Portugal national side, pictured in Milan in 1928 before their match versus Italy:

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7569439c.jpg

Italian national side, pictured in Florence before an international match in December 1938. Earlier that year, they'd won their second World Cup in succession and were reigning world champions:

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Photo of Pele, the most famous footballer of all time, at the age of 18 shaking hands with the King of Sweden in advance of the 1958 World Cup Final in Stockholm. 90 minutes later Brazil would win the World Cup for the first time ever and the legend of Pele was born:

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Original photo of A.C. Milan. Early 1910s:

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My most poignant photo obtained in 2012 is this one:

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The photo, shot in Budapest, shows the Hungary and Italy players entering the field of play for their international game in 1949. The Italian players are wearing black armbands as a sign of mourning. It was in the aftermath of the Superga tragedy that had decimated the Italian national team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superga_air_disaster).

I was also able to add this Real Madrid match worn shirt, with the legendary number 9, to my collection in 2012:

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...psaca02a23.jpg

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Anyone know of anything special in the Nov. 24, 1928 game between Fordham and Georgetown at the Polo Grounds?
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