1941 College Football All Stars Autographs w/ Jack Robinson

[Joe Hunter]

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to stumble on to an autograph album with virtually every member of the 1941 College All Star team including a somewhat unheralded halfback from UCLA, Jack Robinson. There are over 80 signatures in the album, and there were only 64 players on the team, so a few signed the album more than once. Unfortunately, Robinson only signed once. Other notables include: Tom Harmon (2 sigs), Paul Christman (2), Rudy Mucha, Norm Standlee, Angelo Bertelli, Forrest Evarsheski, etc. The All stars played the WC Chicago Bears at Soldier Field and lost 37-13 in front of 98,000 fans. I'm guessing this is one of the earlier Robinson signatures. A couple of questions: Was it common for him to sign "Jack" early in his life? Second, I plan to keep the album intact as I just couldn't bring myself to cut it up, but would it be worth more with some of the more valuable sigs as individual cuts?

[Jerry42]

He signed as Jack, not Jackie through his college years. And it is his signature. Nice find. Very rare in an album of All-Star college players. He also starred in the game, which adds value. The game program is available for about $400, which would supplement your pick-up.

[mr2686]

If this was a random, run of the mill autograph book, I would say the individual autos would be worth more cut up. In this case, it represents an event so I wouldn't cut them up as I believe their value is worth more as a whole.

[Joe Hunter]

Jerry and Mike, thanks for the input. Yes, Jerry, a program from that game would make a great companion piece. Will be on the lookout. Mike, glad to see you think the greater value is in the album as a whole, as that is how I intend to keep it.