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Football Memorabilia
6 Lots
 Lot 137. Full Football Ticket for “The Game Never to be Forgotten” - 1953 Army vs. Duke. In the wake of a cheating scandal before the beginning of the 1951 football season, 37 members of Coach Earl Blaik’s Army football team were discharged by the academy. The result was uncharacteristically poor performances by the 1951 and 1952 Cadets. In 1953, after three games, it was unclear that Blaik’s team would return to its glory days. The turning point came in Game 4, on Oct. 17 at the Polo Grounds, when the unranked 2-1 Cadets stunned seventh-ranked and unbeaten Duke, 14-13. After that, Army went 4-0-1 and captured the Lambert Trophy as the best team in the East. Following the triumph, Blaik praised his team and called the contest “the Game Never to be Forgotten.” It is generally regarded as one of Army’s greatest games. The ticket shows two punch holes and is free of creases. Ex+.
Winning Bid $25.
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 Lot 138. Football Grab Bag: 1930 Photo with an African-American Player, Florida Program, Etc. The photo of what appears to be a high school team has a black player at right guard; interestingly, he is the only player without a number on his jersey. Vg with part of a scrapbook page on the back. In 1974, the Florida team was the Fighting Gators, and their program is for a 1974 game vs. Duke. Wes Chandler is among the players pictured. Ex. Also: 3. 1977 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 106-page media guide. Among the players are future NFL coach Jim Haslett and Georgia Tech Athletic Director Dan Radakovich. Ex-m. 4. Vintage postcard of HoFer Bud Wilkinson as the University of Oklahoma coach; facsimile signature. Ex. 5-6. Two 1934 football programs for teams in Altoona and Johnstown, PA, and other nearby towns. Vg+. 7-8. And 1951 and 1952 programs for DuPont Manual High School near Louisville, both with punch holes, one otherwise vg+ and the other f-g. 9. Nm-m 9” x 9” Champ Louisiana Sweet Potatoes and Yams football label.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 139. 10 Different 1960-70s NFL Full-Sized Helmet and Logo Pennants. These pennants represent the Baltimore Colts vg-ex, Dallas Cowboys g+ to vg, Detroit Lions ex+, Los Angeles Rams g+ to vg, Minnesota Vikings vg+ to ex, New York Giants vg+ to ex, New York Jets ex-m, Pittsburgh Steelers vg, St. Louis Cardinals g and Washington Redskins f+ to g. Six have “1967” next to the NFL logo.
Winning Bid $45.
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 Lot 140. 11 Vintage B&W Football Photos and 75+ Additional Color Football Images. These photos range from 7” x 9” to 8” x 10”. Two early photos, from Cal-Pictures and dated 1950 and 1952 respectively, show San Francisco Giants quarterback Frankie Albert. In the first, Albert wears No. 63, and in the second. No. 13. Albert wore No. 63 from 1946-51 and switched to No. 13 in 1952. Both photos have editing marks and are vg; the 1952 photo has multiple emulsion cracks. Another photo from 1950 shows the same condition and depicts Michigan University’s Chuck Ortmann on a train. Ortmann played professionally for Pittsburgh and the Dallas Texans. The New England Patriot’s Gino Cappelletti and Ross O’Hanley are the subject of a 1962 photo from the files of “Sport.” Nm. In a 1964 Wide World photo, Minnesota’s Paul Dickerson tackles Baltimore’s Lydell Mitchell. Ex. The other photos show: Cappelletti making a diving catch, 1963, “Sport,” vg+ to ex. Dick Modzelewski, posed action, 1966, “Sport,” ex. Mercury Morris, two, one in Browns game and the other in a Bills game, 1970 and 1971, UPI wire photos from the files of “Sport,” nm. Larry Little of the Dolphins in an undated photo, and an updated photo from “Sport’s” files featuring University of Texas game action. Nm. Also, an 8” x 10” color reproduction photo of Bob Hayes and Mike Ditka. These photos are accompanied by more than 75 magazine photos showing such stars as Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Roman Gabriel and Bart Starr.
Winning Bid $40.
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