Personal Pre-War Set and Collector Survey

[BobC]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Bob

My 2 teenage Daughters started collecting BB cards in the 1970's. I credit them for getting me to start collecting Sports cards in 1977. We went to my parent's house and found
in the attic a "treasure chest" of all the cards from my youth.
BOWMAN's, LEAF's, TOPPS's, etc. from 1947 - 1952. From 1977 to 1981, I concentrated on completing those sets. Then in 1981, I attended my first major Show at Willow Grove,
and a whole new world of collecting was opened to me....pre-war cards.

Thanks,


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Fantastic story Ted! Can never tire from hearing it.

[Ricky]

The stories and collections shared here are outstanding. Great idea for a thread, Bob.

Jeff, if you save your Word doc as a pdf, you may be able to attach.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Ricky

The stories and collections shared here are outstanding. Great idea for a thread, Bob.

Jeff, if you save your Word doc as a pdf, you may be able to attach.

Thanks Ricky. I hope a lot of others are enjoying it as well, and will eventually chime in with their own stories and info. That is the nice thing about a thread like this, virtually everyone can contribute to it, and there are no wrong answers. LOL Take care.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by Ricky

The stories and collections shared here are outstanding. Great idea for a thread, Bob.

Jeff, if you save your Word doc as a pdf, you may be able to attach.

Good thought! But pdf file size is too big to upload on Net54 as well. I put it in Google Docs for anyone who wants to view / download it

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1geZ...ew?usp=sharing

jeff

[Ricky]

Very cool, Jeff!

[BobC]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Good thought! But pdf file size is too big to upload on Net54 as well. I put it in Google Docs for anyone who wants to view / download it

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1geZ...ew?usp=sharing

jeff

Jeff,

Great list and info, and some really obscure names on there. That must have taken some real detective work and time to put together. Do have a question for you though, why isn't Earle "Greasy" Neale also on the list? Played in eight seasons with the Reds from 1916 to 1924 (plus 22 games with the Phillies in 1921), and pro football with the Canton Bulldogs in 1917 (alongside Jim Thorpe), the Dayton Triangles in 1918 (and was also their coach), and finally with the Massilon Tigers in 1919?

At first I thought maybe it was because he only played on some pre-NFL teams so you didn't count that. Then I noticed your list also included Ed Abbaticchio whose football playing days ended in 1900, so I ifigured that wasn't it. I seem to remember hearing somewhere that he may have been playing pro football under an assumed name because of amatuer rules that existed back then, and wondered if that may have something to do with it. Have to believe that if you do add him on to your list that he'd end up having more baseball cards than anyone else on it. Curious to find out why he's missing.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by BobC

Yy

Jeff,

Great list and info, and some really obscure names on there. That must have taken some real detective work and time to put together. Do have a question for you though, why isn't Earle "Greasy" Neale also on the list? Played in eight seasons with the Reds from 1916 to 1924 (plus 22 games with the Phillies in 1921), and pro football with the Canton Bulldogs in 1917 (alongside Jim Thorpe), the Dayton Triangles in 1918 (and was also their coach), and finally with the Massilon Tigers in 1919?

At first I thought maybe it was because he only played on some pre-NFL teams so you didn't count that. Then I noticed your list also included Ed Abbaticchio whose football playing days ended in 1900, so I ifigured that wasn't it. I seem to remember hearing somewhere that he may have been playing pro football under an assumed name because of amatuer rules that existed back then, and wondered if that may have something to do with it. Have to believe that if you do add him on to your list that he'd end up having more baseball cards than anyone else on it. Curious to find out why he's missing.

None of those things. I was reformating my list and it was a cut and paste error! Itshould be fixed now. Thank you for noticing that.

Can't leave Greasy Neale off the list as he is one of my favorite pre-NFL pros. Here are the cards I have of him so far.







Also this great basketball image of him from a composite team item I have from his college days.



jeff

[BobC]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

None of those things. I was reformating my list and it was a cut and paste error! Itshould be fixed now. Thank you for noticing that.

Can't leave Greasy Neale off the list as he is one of my favorite pre-NFL pros. Here are the cards I have of him so far.







Also this great basketball image of him from a composite team item I have from his college days.



jeff

Now that makes sense. LOL Couldn't believe you didn't have him on there as he's the only HOFer on there besides Halas and Thorpe.

Nice cards by the way. Believe there are a lot more with him out there.

[Ricky]

Testing....

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by BobC

Now that makes sense. LOL Couldn't believe you didn't have him on there as he's the only HOFer on there besides Halas and Thorpe.

Nice cards by the way. Believe there are a lot more with him out there.

Yes, there are many others for Neale. I've missed on a few at auction over the yeras. I put the ones I know about in the checklist but am sure there are more.

Cal Hubbard is the only person in both the Pro Football HOF and Baseball HOF but he is in the Baseball HOF as an umpire. I have his 1955 Bowman umpire card but haven't included him in my list since he didn't play major league baseball.

jeff