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Just wanna thank everyone for posting these pre-war football items. They are all fabulous. It's these types of items that keep me scouring the antique shops, hoping to score something relatively unknown.
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There is a lot of pre-war stuff out there if you hunt for it. Some of it is really cool. One of my collection "subsets" is what I call the "football players in another sport" subset. Here are some examples I have. George Halas playing for the NY Yankees briefly in 1919. Unfortunately for him but fortunately for football fans, he hurt his hip and felt his baseball career was over so he switched to football. Walter Camp not only played football but also baseball at Yale. He is the tall fellow in the hat in the back. I've shown this one before but it fits here. John Heisman as a baseball coach at Buchtel (now called University of Akron). Nagurski in his wrestling uniform but a football stance. I believe Nags is the only person in both the Pro Football and Pro Wrestling HOF. Football HOFer Greasy Neale Ernie Nevers with the St. Louis Browns MLB team. Football HOFer Benny Friedman playing 3rd base for U of Michigan jeff Last edited by jefferyepayne; 03-06-2015 at 10:59 AM. |
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Great stuff! Neale's career is a like a thread that runs through 2 of my favorite pieces of history. He coached Glenn Presnell with the Ironton Tanks who later folded, but had some key players picked up by the Spartans and then later coached the 47-49 Eagles who appeared in 3 title games led by the great Steve Van Buren.
Halas played baseball? That's crazy - I didn't know that. Is that some kind of hand cut card? How rare are those? |
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A few other miscellaneous items from the '30s.
In 1937, Donut Corp put out a series that I believe was on the side or bottom of their Donut boxes. It has famous athletes including two football players: Red Grange and Knute Rockne: Donut Corp. Thrilling Moments Series - Red Grange Donut Corp. Thrilling Moments Series - Knute Rockne Also in 1937, Dixie Cup put out a series of dixie cup ice cream lids with sports figures on them. Two are football players: Bronko Nagurski and Sammy Baugh. There are also premiums of these players that you could acquire and put in an album. Bronko Nagurski Dixie Lid Sammy Baugh Dixie Lid Finally, Denby Cigar put out a premium of the world champion Chicago Bears in 1932: The back has a letter to pro football fans: Here is a companion piece to this premium and letter: jeff Last edited by jefferyepayne; 03-07-2015 at 08:31 PM. |
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Rocking it Jeff!
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We'll I was getting bored so I decided to start building the '26 Stat backs.
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