Lot 508. 6 Notre Dame Programs - 1938, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1952 and 1955. The 1938 program, from a game against Navy at Baltimore Stadium, is nm. The other programs: 1941 vs. Army at Yankee Stadium, g-vg. 1949 vs. North Carolina, Yankee Stadium, vg+. 1951 at Pitt, ex-m+. 1951 at Penn, ex. 1955 at Penn, vg-ex. Coached by Frank Leahy, the undefeated 1949 Notre Dame team won the national championship. All but the 1951 team finished in the AP top five. Notable individuals pictured are Elmer Layden, Leahy, Leon Hart, Jim Martin, Bob Williams, Jim Mutscheller, Lou Rymkus, Creighton Miller, Bernie Crimmins, Moose Krause, and Paul Hornung.
Winning Bid $152.
Lot 509. 1968-70 NFL-AFL Gold Round Base Houston Oilers Bobble Head. This figure has the NFL logo between the player’s feet, and there is a round decal on the bottom. The jersey is blue with an “Oilers” decal, and the gray helmet has red, blue and gold stripes. The figure has two tiny hairline cracks (1/8” or less) at the base of the helmet, a chip on the helmet stripes and a couple of very small chips on the jersey. Nice nm doll, and very nice for this issue.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 510. 100 Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, and Other Periodicals with Football Covers. Vintage collection with most from the 1930s-70s. SI leads in quantity with 70 issues, 20 from the 1950s-60s and 65 from the 1970s or earlier. Among stars on the covers are Bart (Starr), Beban, Bear Bryant 2 covers, Ross Browner, Earl Campbell 2, Csonka, Anthony Davis, Dickerson, Foreman, Gabriel, Calvin Hill, Lombardi, Muncie, Steve Owens, Simpson 2, Sims, Stabler, Staubach, Tarkenton 2 and Unitas. Also, Walter Payton’s first cover (11/22/76) and the WFL cover with Csonka, Warfield and Kiick. Fourteen Life issues, half from the 1930s or 1940s. Notables on covers include Luckman, Justice, Kyle Rote, Lujack in a rare 1940s color cover, and Namath. Look, Time, Boy’s Life, Newsweek, Sport andESPN provide covers with Staubach, Jim Brown, and others. A Saturday Evening Post has a Rockwell cover. As a bonus, eight magazines have articles inside on Hirsch, Blanchard and others. In the March 30, 1963 Post,Ernie Davis writes an illustrated article titled “I’m Not Unlucky.” Battling leukemia, Davis died six weeks later. The magazines, most with labels, average vg to ex.
Minimum Bid $100.
Lot 662. High School Yearbook Featuring Marion Motley, Future Pro HoF Football Star. Motley played scholastic football at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. Among the schools opponents were Massilon, coached by Paul Brown. Subsequently, Brown coached Motley at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during World War II. In 1946, rejoining Brown, Motley became one of the first four players to break pro football’s color barrier. He and Bob Willis joined the Cleveland Browns, coached by Brown, of the new All-America Football Conference. Motley was a Hall of Fame fullback in eight seasons. Besides averaging 5.7 yards per carry during his career, he helped to making Otto Graham an effective passer by providing outstanding blocking. Motley is pictured on Page 166 of the vg-ex 1939 “McKinleyite” yearbook, and his ability as a passer is referred to on another.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 663. Wood Bleacher Seat from New Orleans’ Tulane Stadium, home of the Tulane Green Wave, the Sugar Bowl for almost 50 years and the New Orleans Saints 1967-74. The final game there was Super Bowl IX in January 1975. Pittsburgh defeated Minnesota, 16-6. With “22” engraved on it, the seat is 17 ¾” wide x about 5 ½” deep and 1 ½” thick. An engraved metal plate says, inside a football, “My Seat from Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, La.” It also says “NCAA, NFL, Sugar Bowl and LHSAA (Louisiana High School Athletic Association).” The stadium was demolished in 1980.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 664. 1939 Redskins Program with Heisman Winner Davey O’Brien on the Cover. In 1937, O’Brien succeeded Sammy Baugh as TCU’s quarterback. For the next two seasons, he played the college game better than his predecessor. In 1938, he led the Horned Frogs to the national championship and won the Heisman Trophy. He had less success as a pro with the Eagles. G-vg program with the center spread loose.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 665. 1949 Eastern College All-Stars vs. New York Giants Benefit Program. Sponsored by the New York Herald Tribune, the teams met to raise money to assist disadvantaged children. The All-Stars won, 28-13. Chuck Bednarik is among the All-Stars pictured. Playing next for the Philadelphia Eagles, Bednarik was the last of the great two-way players. Charlie Conerly and Emlen Tunnell are among the Giants’ stars. Vg-ex program with the score printed on the cover.
Minimum Bid $25.
Lot 666. 6 San Francisco ‘49ers Programs, 1968-73. The program for a game against Baltimore at Kezar Stadium has an excellent cover photo of Johnny Unitas. Vg+ to ex. Stan Hindman is profiled for San Francisco. The other programs are for games at Candlestick Park: Oct. 17, 1971 vs. the Bears, vg+ to ex. Nov. 12, 1972 vs. Baltimore, back cover torn, otherwise ex. Dec. 23, 1972 vs. Dallas, NFC Playoff Game, vg cover, nm contents. Aug. 19, 1973 vs. San Diego, nm. Dec. 15, 1973 vs. Pittsburgh, ex-m.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 667. Football Grab Bag. 3 1950s LA Rams Programs. 1. Nov. 1, 1953 vs. Detroit. A full page promotes the Hirsch movie “Crazylegs.” G. 2. Sept. 9, 1955 at San Francisco. No. “25” printed on the cover; vg. 3. Oct. 2, 1955 vs. Pittsburgh. Jim Finks, Marion Motley, Walt Kiesling pictured. Ex+; nice copy with a Steelers cover by Lon Kellor. 3 Sports Magazines with HoF Players on the Covers. 4. Otto Graham, Jan. 1949 Sport Life, vg-ex. 5.Jim Brown, Feb. 1964 Sport World, vg-ex. 6. Sonny Jurgensen, Oct. 1969 Sport, vg-ex. 7. 1960 Washington and Lee press booklet, photocopy, vg-ex.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 668. College Football Program, Ticket Collection - Stanford, Penn State, Rose Bowl, Etc. Six programs (four 1971, two 1974) and a media guide (1971) represent Stanford. Opponents are Michigan, California and Oregon. Average ex-m. Two other programs are for Villanova (1986, nm) and West Virginia at Rutgers (1984, vg). Ticket stubs are for the 1974 Rose Bowl vg. Penn State: 1997 vs. Temple, ex. 1978 vs. TCU, four stubs, and 1979 vs. Texas A&M, irregular tear, otherwise ex. Stanford, 1971 vs. Duke, four stubs, ex-m to nm. Princeton, 1976 vs. Harvard, g-vg. Army, 1984 vs. Penn, irregular tear, vg-ex. University of San Francisco, early 1940s, stub for a “Service Man’s Free Admission,” vg. The school dropped football after the 1951 season.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 669. 1940s Original AP Wire Photos - 2 Notre Dame, 1 Stanford vs. Harvard. In a 1941 photo, Frank Leahy, new head coach, gives instructions to Bernie Crimmins, George Murphy and others. Leahy coached his team to an 8-0-1 record. Vg+ to ex. In a 1949 photo, Dick Bunting scores North Carolina’s only touchdown in a 42-6 loss. Four Notre Dame players are identified. Vg+ to ex with some light alligator cracks at the top and bottom. The Fighting Irish won the national title. The third photo shows Harvard-at-Stanford game action involving Harvard’s John White and Ralph Bender. Alligator lines throughout. These photos are about 7” x 9”, and all have captions.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 670. 18 Pre-1950 Football Photos - Pro, College, Local, Thorpe, Etc. Both Thorpes are printed pictures. The others are vintage glossy photos. 1. Sepia 5” x 7” picture of Thorpe as a Canton Bulldog making a tackle. Minor border tear, otherwise ex. 2. 8 ½” x 11” picture, probably early 1970s, distributed by Sports Pix of Washington, D.C. shows Thorpe kicking a football. Vg-ex. 3-8.1939 University of Oregon original photos showing halfback Dave Gammon, guard Ron Husk, tackle Ellroy Jensen, halfback Bill Rach, end Leonard (Bud) Robertson and halfback Bob Smith. Four photos are 6” x 8” or larger. The Robertson photo has edge pinholes. Vg-ex with an ex appearance. 9. 7” x 11” wire photo with a sequence of three images from a 1941 Eagles vs. Giants game. Vg+ to ex. The following photos are 6 ½” x 8 ½” wire photos unless noted.10. 1939 Cornell vs. Colgate game action, ex-m. 11. 1941 photo shows Oregon States’ D. Durdan rushing for 22 yards against California. Vg-ex. 12. In 1941 California vs. Washington action at Berkeley, R. Erickson makes a first down for the Huskies. Vg, looks better. 13. Army Cadets cheer at the 1939 Army-Notre Dame game, ex. 14. 1939 Penn-Navy game at Franklin Field; the Midshipmen march onto the field. Ex-m. 15. 1953 8” x 10” photo, five hunks from the North prepare for the North-South game in Miami. Whiteaker of Purdue, Meyer of Kansas State, Carl of Wisconsin, Falkensteign of Illinois and Huntsman of Wabash. Vg+. 16. 1910-20 cabinet team photo, 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” on a mount with the top missing. Some water marks on the photo, strong contrast, vg. 17. 1953 AP photo of Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lattner’s mother, “Inspiring Collegiate Mother of the Year.” Ex with slight water mark, minor corner creases. 18. 5” x 7” photo of a 1930s retail display with footballs. Shows Midwest collegiate pennants. Vg.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 671. 1930s to Early 1940s Manhattan College Football Pennant. Full-sized pennant from the Jaspers early football days, which ended after the 1942 season. The tip of this pennant was torn and reattached. Otherwise, the pennant is excellent. A similar Brooklyn NFL pennant sold in one of our previous auctions for $350.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 672. 5 Complete Tickets for 1941 Ivy League Football Games. Tickets are for two Oct. 11 games, Colgate at Dartmouth and Columbia at Princeton. Oct. 25, Colgate at Cornell. Nov. 8, Dartmouth at Princeton. Nov. 15, Dartmouth at Cornell. These crease-free tickets average ex-m+.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 673. Complete Tickets: 1945 Alabama at Kentucky, 1964 North-South Game. Alabama defeated Kentucky at Louisville on its way to a perfect season and a third-place finish in the AP poll. Ex-m+ except for a tiny corner crease. The “Annual Shrine North-South Classic” was played in the Orange Bowl in Miami. Ex-m.
Winning Bid $92.
