Which non-HoFer do you collect? (and why)

[ValKehl]

Bill T., fortunately for me, "Deerfoot" Milan's (he led the A.L in stolen bases in 1912 & 1913 and had a career average of .285 with 2,100 hits) last year was 1922, because we might be competitors for his cards if he played a couple of years longer. My collecting focus is cards of ALL the players on the Washington Senators 1924 championship team. I include players who got traded or sent to the minors during the season, some of whom only played a few games with the Senators. I began this collecting focus after many years of collecting WaJo and Sam Rice cards and reaching the frustrating point of being unable to find and/or afford many/most of their cards that didn't have - so, going after cards of all the other players on the 1924 team instantly provided me with lots more card-collecting action.

Hence, I am always looking for tough cards of these non-HOFers (* indicates players who had no cards issued during their playing days, as far as I can determine): Nick Altrock, Ossie Bluege, Carl East*, George Fisher*, Chick Gagnon*, Bert/Buck Griffith* (Matt Williams' grandfather), Billy Hargrave, Joe Judge, Wade Lefler, Nemo Leibold, Firpo Marberry, Joe Martina, Wid Matthews, Slim McGrew, Earl McNeely, Ralph Miller, George Mogridge, Curly Ogden, Roger Peckinpaugh, Doc Prothro, Lance Richbourg, Muddy Ruel, Allen Russell, Mule Shirley, Carr Smith*, Byron Speece, Benny Tate, Tommy Taylor*, Ted Wingfield, Tom Zachary, and Paul Zahniser.

Post-WWII, I collect Pete Runnels and Mickey Vernon, who were my favorite Washington Senators players way back when I was a Little Leaguer in the 1950's.
Val

[Kawika]

Walter Schmidt was the younger brother of Boss Schmidt. No deep reason as to why I collect his cards but I find it neat that he shows up in a mix of cool sets such as T210s, Contentneas, Zeenuts and Obaks. He even has a Western Playground that I would love to find.

[MikeGarcia]

....I have always had a soft spot in my heart for cowboys since I married Leo Carrillo's favorite great-grandniece . Horse people.

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[bnorth]

In pre war it is not so much a player as a team for me. I love the T210 Ft Worth players. I find the red borders with the B/W photos to be the most beautiful T cards. I focused on the Ft Worth team because the inner child in me giggles and I smile from ear to ear when I see that FTW on their jerseys.