A Chicle a day through the end of May

[vintagetopps]

Looks like you got a new scanner!

[jefferyepayne]

I didn't get the new scanner yet. Raw cards look fine with pretty much any scanner ... it's the graded cards that cause trouble.

jeff

[jefferyepayne]

Card #5 in the Chicle set is Glenn Presnell. Glenn holds a number of distinctions in the annals of NFL football history. He played for the inaugural Detroit Lions team in 1934 and help lead them to the NFL championship in 1935. The owner of the Lions let Glenn choose the colors for the team's uniforms and so we owe him for the blue and silver the Lions still use today. He led the league in total yardage in 1933 and set a new NFL scoring record that year. He also held the record for longest field goal (54 yards) for nearly 20 years.

Check out this link for more info on Glenn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Presnell

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jeff

[vintagetopps]

"Mr. Richards, the owner, the day I was up there and signed my contract, he said: 'There's a table out there in the next office covered with uniforms. Why don't you pick out the colors you like?' I went out. My wife was with me. We saw this Honolulu blue and silver and we fell in love with it."

[jefferyepayne]

Card #6 in the Chicle set is Pug Rentner. Pug is in the College Football Hall of Fame and was a College All-American at Northwestern. He scored the Boston Redskins only points in their 1936 NFL Championship loss to the Green Bay Packers (21-6). This championship game was supposed to be played in Boston but the owner of the Redskins, who had previously announced he was moving the team to Washington, moved the game to New York.

Check out this link for more info on Pug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pug_Rentner

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jeff

[jefferyepayne]

Card #7 in the Chicle set is Ken Strong. Ken was a 2x All-American at NYU and a 5x All-Pro selection. He is the first player in the Chicle set to have played in both the NFL and the second instantiation of the AFL. Ken was voted to the 1930's All Decade Team and the New York Giants retired his number. He was the first known player in NFL history to score on a fair catch kick, an obscure NFL rule that is still in existence. Only 5 players in NFL history have made a fair catch kick. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_catch_kick for more information.

Check out this link for more info on Ken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Strong

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jeff

[Leon]

I was speaking with a brand new board member yesterday. He says his main thing is football. Maybe there will be more talk of it in the future on this board. The cards are certainly neat looking. I personally didn't play football growing up as I was generally too small. I played a lot of baseball. Great looking cards posted Jeff....