23 Vintage Autographs - 22 by NFL Stars (14 by HoFers) and 1 by an ABA Star.
Lot 463. 23 Vintage Autographs - 22 by NFL Stars (14 by HoFers) and 1 by an ABA Star. Mack Calvin is the basketball player. After being a five-time All-Star in seven seasons in the American Basketball Association, he journeyed through the NBA for four more. His pencil autograph is mint 9 on an unlined index card. Almost all of the football signatures are on postcards mailed in 1958 or 1959. Eleven of the autographs (five by HoFers) are personalized (p). Most have tape on the card (c), and five (four by HoFers) have tape over part of the signature (s). Here are the Hall of Fame signers: Doug Atkins (died 2015, p, s), Chuck Bednarik (d. 2015, p, c), Raymond Berry (p), Len Dawson (s), Mike Ditka (c), Lou Groza (d. 2000, c), Sam Huff (c), John Henry Johnson (d. 2011, c), Ollie Matson (d. 2011, card trimmed, (p, c), Don Maynard, (s), Hugh McElhenny (c), Ernie Stautner (d. 2006, p, s), Yale Lary (d. 2017, c) and Steve Van Buren (d. 2012). The other players are Rick Casares (died 2013, p, s), Don Chandler (d. 2011, c), Jim Dooley (d. 2008, p, c), Joe Fortunato (d. 2017, p, c), Pete Retzlaff (d. 2020, p, c), R. C. “alley oop” Owens (d. 2012, p, c), Del Shofner (d. 2020, p, c), and Norm Snead (signature on an unlined index card). The autographs are generally nm-m 8 or better. Fortunato’s, in pencil, is light but completely readable. Winning Bid $50.
