Who was your first pre-war HOFer?

[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

[bbsports]

T206 Ty Cobb Red Portrait. I bought it in a The Traders Speaks magazine auction in the early 70's from Fred Copp in Detroit, Michigan for $5.00 in near mint condition.

[steve B]

T206 Jake Beckley. Polar bear back, with a load of really bad creases. First prewar Hof, and first prewar card. And only 20 cents

I still have it.

Steve B

[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?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Jlighter

Mordecai Brown played in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS?

Jake, you must be a Yankee fan to think that that game was better than Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.

And a young fan as well to think that it's better than the 1978 AL playoff (ie. the Bucky Dent game).

[calvindog]

[Julz24]

T206 Cobb bat off. I saw it in an auction on eBay and I put a bunch of money down -expecting to be outbid eventually. 5 days later, the bidding still hadn't caught up and I instantly became a pre war card collector!

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by Sean

Jake, you must be a Yankee fan to think that that game was better than Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.

And a young fan as well to think that it's better than the 1978 AL playoff (ie. the Bucky Dent game).

Yankee Fan? Check!

I wasn't alive during the Playoff, I'm sure there was much excitement with rivals playing in a Win or Go Home Tiebreak. Always gotta go with the Extra Inning Walk-Off though.

[digdugdig]

T201 Ed Walsh July 30, 1995 Cooperstown, N.Y.
Mike Schmidt and Richie Ashburn Induction Weekend.
How can you forget that!!
Just may have been the most enjoyable few days in my life!!
We had a ball!!!

[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

[goudey1933]

1979..I was 16...T205 Frank Chance.