T206 Shaq shaughnessy

[rsdill2]

It's a southern leaguer, and generally understood to be on the lower end of populations among southern leaguers. He has Notre Dame roots, football roots, and it's an interesting portrait to say the least all of which it expands its desirability.

[nineunder71]

Coolest hair wins, and the long crazy name helps, and…..

Random Factoid: After his T206 years, Shag went on to be the manager of the Ottawa Senators hockey team

[Leon]

A different Shag....and one that costs more than his T206...

[rjackson44]

Jesus leon terrific

[mybuddyinc]

I don't think this matter much in his popularity, but:

He was also the president of the International League for many years. To extend the season, he came up with the 1v4 / 2v3 playoff system. Quite revolutionary, if you thing about it: As almost every sport from professional down to little league tee ball now uses it ..............

[MVSNYC]

It was discussed on here many years ago...a collector (I think it was Bill Huggins of Huggins & Scott?) was hoarding them, similar to what we saw a few months ago on Evans. They cornered the market and they became very tough to find and when they came up for sale, cost a lot to secure one.

Can anyone else confirm what I'm saying? Was it Bill?

[Cory]

I think it's a combination of all of the above - he is a southern leaguer, so a lower population than most, but he's not a low pop southern leaguer. He has the Notre Dame ties (played both baseball and football there). The cool hair definitely adds to the allure of the card.

Hoarding in the past could add to it - but his card seems widely available - just at higher than every other southern leaguer prices.

I'm told that canadians just love to snatch him up. He is in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame.

He introduced the Option play to American football while coaching at Yale & Cornell (whose ties could also increase demand). He coached baseball and football at Clemson, and football at Washington & Lee.

He was the manager of the Ottawa Senators - so hockey ties as well.

So a pretty interesting character with a cool haircut and a lower pop subset.