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Scarce 1927 East-West Shrine Game Program.
Lot 276. Scarce 1927 East-West Shrine Game Program. This post-season game was played for the third time on Dec. 26 at Kezar Stadium. A crowd of 27,500 saw the West, led by College Hall of Fame coach Babe Hollingbery, defeat the East, 16-6. This is an unusually nice copy of the program, which has an ex-m to nm appearance. Close examination reveals several very light creases on the front cover, and the back cover shows light foxing, as do two of the 32 inside pages. The page devoted to scoring is lightly scored in pencil. Two future College HoF members scored the West’s touchdowns, Joel Hunt, a Texas A&M quarterback, and Gerald Mann, an SMU quarterback. Bruce Caldwell, a Yale halfback, scored for the East. Other future HoFers in the game were Minnesota fullback Herb Joesting, USC and Olympic Club halfback Mort Kaer, TCU end Rags Matthews, Dartmouth halfback Myles Lane and Carnegie Tech and Olympic Club tackle Lloyd Yoder. Interestingly, Yoder, representing Carnegie Tech, was captain of the East team in 1926. Representing the Olympic Club of California, he was also captain of the 1927 West team. Very desirable early program from one of the longest-running post-season games.
Winning Bid $61.
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