Let's have a virtual card show, gridiron edition!

[Exhibitman]

I was always a Raiders fan during the crazy years. Loved the nicknames:



Assassin



Dr. Death



Snake

[scmavl]

Going a slightly different way with this. Seahawks QB Russell Wilson played on the local minor league baseball team here in 2011. Got the whole team set signed by the players one Sunday after the game. I had no idea that the polite, short guy hitting .210 would be the only valuable one in the set!

[commishbob]

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I'm a big Lenny Moore fan. I was too young to appreciate him in his early years with the Colts but as he played into the mid-60s I got to see some of his amazing talent on display. Lenny is still around and I think he still does card shows. I met him once at a function in Baltimore that my uncle took me to and he was a super guy when visiting with all the guests.

His rookie card shows him in his Penn State gear. I like this one but it's not my favorite Lenny Moore card, this one is....


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I'm not sure now much better a football card can get. Great design, great player, great picture. Lenny Moore stands, hand on hips, wearing the iconic Baltimore Colts blue and white uni (note that the 'UCLA' shoulder stripes go all the way around the sleeves, just as God intended), with the Memorial Stadium crowd behind him. Just a slice of the great old stadium's original scoreboard shares the picture. That scoreboard just makes this card!

Using the games listed on the scoreboard I can date the shot. On October 2, 1960 the Colts hosted the Bears while the Lions were in Green Bay and the Steelers were in Cleveland. The Colts ran over the Bears that day, 42-7. Moore touched the ball six times. He carried twice for ten yards and caught four passes from Johnny Unitas for 140 years and two touchdowns. Typical Lenny Moore performance.

[Exhibitman]

This is one of my favorites:



It's just so weird. He looks like he's running to catch a bus with a loaf of bread under his arm. I also like the 1956 design when the backgrounds aren't all splotchy.

[ocjack]

I wouldn't like to see Chuck running towards me with that look on his face.

[ocjack]

Crazylegs used to come by where my dad worked and was always willing to sign things for him (me). I finally met him years later and thanked him for always making my dad feel special. He was a true gentleman.

[Exhibitman]