Ode to Pre-War Football Cardboard

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by Footballdude

Just wanna thank everyone for posting these pre-war football items. They are all fabulous. It's these types of items that keep me scouring the antique shops, hoping to score something relatively unknown.

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There is a lot of pre-war stuff out there if you hunt for it. Some of it is really cool. One of my collection "subsets" is what I call the "football players in another sport" subset. Here are some examples I have.


George Halas playing for the NY Yankees briefly in 1919. Unfortunately for him but fortunately for football fans, he hurt his hip and felt his baseball career was over so he switched to football.



Walter Camp not only played football but also baseball at Yale. He is the tall fellow in the hat in the back.



I've shown this one before but it fits here. John Heisman as a baseball coach at Buchtel (now called University of Akron).



Nagurski in his wrestling uniform but a football stance. I believe Nags is the only person in both the Pro Football and Pro Wrestling HOF.



Football HOFer Greasy Neale



Ernie Nevers with the St. Louis Browns MLB team.



Football HOFer Benny Friedman playing 3rd base for U of Michigan

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