Who was your first pre-war HOFer?

[Paul S]

Got it mid/late sixties. $5. When most others were thinking Thai, I thought Ty. Still got it. Here. Thai came later...bat off version.

[RCMcKenzie]

I bought a 33 Goudey Goslin port and Hornsby #119 around 1979 from an ad in a baseball publication. I think the Goslin was $40 and the Hornsby $70. I probably paid way too much on account of the cost of the ad. Here is the Goslin. It is still in one of my early vintage binders shown here front/back. I traded the Hornsby a long time ago. Cheers.

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[cyseymour]

Jim O'Rourke

[JeremyW]

Thirty years ago, these were much more affordable. I still have the card & credit it for drawing me back into the hobby in 2006, after a nearly 20 year hiatus.

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

Thirty years ago, these were much more affordable. I still have the card & credit it for drawing me back into the hobby in 2006, after a nearly 20 year hiatus.

Very nice! Looks like my first HOF card

[mattsey9]

The man who won the greatest game ever played. Mordecai Brown - T206.

[DoubleJ]

1933 World Wide Gum Ruth I purchased in 1992. Still my favourite card.

Josh

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

The man who won the greatest game ever played. Mordecai Brown - T206.

Mordecai Brown played in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS?

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

The man who won the greatest game ever played. Mordecai Brown - T206.

I learn something almost everyday on Net54. And to think that I have long believed that Walter Johnson won the 7th game of the 1924 World Series!

Speaking of WaJo, my first pre-War card was a T207 WaJo that I will always keep - got it in a trade with Bill Huggins back in the mid-1980s, before he got into doing auctions - I went to his card store in nearby Maryland and traded Bill some pristine 1960 Topps commons, which, thankfully, Mom didn't toss after I left home. This led me to acquiring as many WaJo cards as I could find and afford ever since.
Val