Football Cards, Autographs and Memorabilia
19 Lots
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Lot 138. Maryland Football-Related Autographs –Byrd, White, Elkins and Lester. Harry Clifton Byrd, better known as “Curley,” starred in several sports at what was then the Maryland Agricultural College before he became the football coach in 1912. In 23 seasons, his teams posted a 117-82-15 record as he helped to transform the school into the University of Maryland and to get the diamondback terrapin selected as the school’s mascot. From 1935-54, Byrd served as university president. Under his leadership which, by most accounts was authoritarian, the university grew significantly. In a 1941 biography of the president, Bob Considine called Byrd “the most-hated and most-beloved man in Maryland.” Byrd holds the dubious distinction of having fired Bear Bryant after one season, and a 6-2-1 record, as Maryland’s football coach. The two men had a personality conflict. Byrd’s signature, Harry Clifton Byrd, is huge and bold, a 10, on his personal stationery. Byrd died in 1970. The 1957 signature of Byrd’s successor as Maryland president, Wilson H. Elkins, is on college stationery. The signature is a 10; the stationery is stained at the right. Elkins won eight letters in football, basketball and track at the University of Texas. As president of Maryland until 1978, he increased the schools’ academic standards. He passed away in 1994. The other signatures are by Randy White, 1974 Outland Trophy winner and a member of the pro and college football Halls of Fame, and Roy Lester, football coach from 1969-71. Both signatures are 10s, White’s on an index card and Lester’s on university stationery. Autograph authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 163. Multi-Sport Grab Bag – Clemens Hat, Football and Track & Field Labels, NFL Mug. 1. 8 ¾” x 12” Sunkist label featuring runners in a stadium, ex-m. 2. 9” x 9” football Champ Brand label for Louisiana sweet potatoes and yams, ex-m; 1920s-30s style football artwork. 3. 1969 NFL 50th anniversary 6 ¼” tall plastic insulated mug. Has logos of the NFL and AFL teams. 4. Boston baseball cap with a Roger Clemens facsimile autograph, nm-m.
Winning Bid $15.
Lot 164. Hockey, Football and Baseball Mini-Grab Bag. Hockey is represented by a complete vg to vg+ Monarch Official Hockey Puck box containing a vg-ex puck. The football entry is a 1951 Bowman card of #57 Jon Baker. The card has a number added to the back and otherwise is f-g. There are three Topps baseball cards from 1958, #223 vg-ex, 227 p, and 356 p, and four from 1959, #109 f, 244 (2) one g-vg and one f, and 251 Clete Boyer vg. One Topps card from 1957 and three each from 1958 and 1959 have writing on the back, typically a number or “TB.” The front of 1958T #238 Mazeroski grades vg-ex. The fronts of the others average g-vg.
Winning Bid $12.
Lot 165. Sports Grab Bag – Basketball, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Soccer and NASCAR. This collection comprises programs, cards and other memorabilia. Basketball: 1-2. 1976 and 1978 Harlem Globetrotters yearbooks, vg-ex. 3. Opened Coke can commemorating Villanova’s 1985 NCAA championship. 4. 175 1990s cards, many stars, from Hoops, Fleer and Skybox, average ex. Football: 5. McDonald’s History of the Super Bowl magazine-format publications, Vol. 1 (2), Vol. 2 (2) and Vol. 3 (3), vg. 6. 40 1986 Steelers Police cards, ex+ overall, six players including three Stallworth cards. Hockey: 7. Early 1980s Ponderosa Steakhouse 12 ½” x 19” poster of Pittsburgh’s Michel Dion, vg+. 8. Topps cards: six from 1975-76, 53 from 1976-77, six 1976-77 Inserts including #5 Dryden and 44 from 1979-80, average vg+ to ex. Soccer: 9. 1982 MISL Memphis at Pittsburgh program, vg-ex. Olympics: 10. Four 4” x 6” “Welcome” flags from the 1984 LA Olympics, vg+ to ex overall. NASCAR: 11. 1997 Pinnacle Jeff Gordon card, nm-m. Also, 11 Rocky II cards, ex. More than 350 individual items.
Winning Bid $30.
