Card Collecting 26: Custom Set Completed (for now)

   

I now have at least one card of every Heisman Trophy winner 1968 - 2018.  

    

I didn't originally plan on O.J. being the lead card.  It was 'during my lifetime', then it was 'starting with 1970', then I noticed the gap with Gary Beban not having a card so I went after O.J. and Steve Owens and now have every winner since the gap except Burrow. 

Griffin won it twice, so it's 50 winners but 51 years. 

    

The Campbell represents one of my more annoying trade experiences.  Allen was a pack pull.   

    

Bo was a pack pull.  Brown was one of the first NFL stars I had followed at the college level.

      

Charlie Ward:  I think I'll go to the NBA without getting a card in an NFL uniform, just to annoy Elliptical Man. 

    

Jekyll and Hyde.

      

Potential. 

Anyway, here's my entire list on TCDB:

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/List.cfm/lid/8357/Heisman-Highlights      

Card Collecting 25: Saturday

Because I refuse to bow to the peer pressure of Friday.  :)

U.S. mailing addresses only.

Only people who have previously commented on this blog please. 

First person to identify the blasphemy theme gets the cards. 

I'll notify the winner in a response to that person's comment.   

He or she should email me an address:   morganyud at protonmail dot com

Contest expires in 24 hours.  Extending it to Monday 9:00 AM Pacific.

Calvin Johnson - 2014 Topps

1993 Stadium Club  

   

2011 Topps

2011 Topps

   

2011 Topps

1990 Pro Set

   

1999 Topps

  

Card Collecting 24: Random Thoughts

-  So I realized recently that I only need six more 1991 Donruss Diamond Kings cards for the complete set.  Have a proposal on the table on TCDB and am awaiting a response. 

-  I've been keeping cards in penny sleeves when I put them in nine-pockets.  Not sure if I should.  But if I take them out, I still won't be sure.  Ha.  

-  Certain bloggers have category want lists up but they don't make it easy to send them cards.  Not a big deal, but annoying enough for a random thoughts post. 

-  Took a look through my modest hockey collection.  Those All-Star game uniforms are effing lame.  Yet, they're the same color scheme as the Flyers, the best-looking team in the history of the sport.  Weird.   

-  Now let's look at a random video:

 

Card Collecting 23: Wikipedia Wednesday

I'm going to try this and see how it goes.  I'll pick a player I know something interesting about, look him up on Wikipedia, and see if there's enough other interesting info for a post. 

What I Knew:  Dude has a surgery named after him.  

His MLB Career:   September 1963 - May 1989.  288 -  231, 3.34 ERA.  Four-time All-Star.  

Wiki Info:  

-  He was his high school's valedictorian, but did not deliver a speech due to a stuttering problem.

-  Set the Terra Haute, Indiana record for points in a game in high school basketball and was recruited by Kentucky.

-  Pitched for the losing team in three Dodgers - Yankees World Series.   

-  His dentist was Mark McGwire's father.  

-  The oldest player in MLB in 1988 and 1989.

-  His son, Travis, fell from a third-floor window and was in a coma for 17 days before fully recovering.

-  His son, Taylor, was in the Broadway production of Les Miserables. 

-  His daughter, Tamara, married Chicago Bears long snapper Patrick Mannelly. 

1964 Topps 

1966 Topps

  

1976 Topps

  

1982 Donruss (with Ron Guidry)

  

1984 Topps

1986 Fleer

  

1988 Donruss 

That card at the top?  His Topps card from 1975, which he missed entirely while rehabbing after his famous surgery. 

     

Card Collecting 22: Incoming

So my dealer has opened up again on a limited basis - one customer at a time I think.  I had some store credit to spend and I was hoping for a certain basketball card I had seen a while back.  But he couldn't find it.  However, I did get a football card.

1974 Topps

It's #500, so it doesn't help my frankenset.  But it upgrades the Cowboys team page in my binder.  It's tough finding good players for them.

Then, on Wednesday, I received my winnings from Tim's Cardpocalypse give-away. 

2017 Donruss

An SN999 Cracked Ice insert that's shinier in real life.  My first racing card.  Might have to build a mini collection of just Hall of Famers and Danica.  #RacingSnob   

2000 Upper Deck

A Touch the Sky insert.  My first Kobe.  Yet, I have several Jordans.  I'm sure this has nothing to do with being old.  (sigh) 

1982 Donruss

What's better than Diamond Kings?  Pre-junk era Diamond Kings.  Also, a good way to avoid those nasty fake autos on 1982 Topps. 

2015 Topps Strata

  SN99 swatch card.  Had to go to Bing for the image; this is from CJ's Card shop.

1970 Topps

Listed as 6'4", 178 on the back.  LOL.  Eat something, Rollie.     

Useless Trivia:  Fingers played for the 1966 Modesto team that won the Advanced A California League title.  His teammates included Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Tony LaRussa, and Dave Duncan.  

So yeah - Tim hooked me up.  Here's a link to his blog:

https://lovecardboard.blogspot.com

Card Collecting 21: Give-Away Winner

So there was one entry.  I went to the random number generator and asked for a number between 1 and 1.  I got 1.  So that meant the first entry was the winner.   

Congratulations to The Diamond King.  You are the winner.  Please email me your mailing address to the email I provided in the contest post.  

Card Collecting 20: Ten On the Tenth (give-away closed)

#10

Time for a give-away.

Only people who have commented on this blog previously. U.S. addresses only.  Winner should email a mailing address to morganyud at protonmail dot com.   

To enter, just post a sentence or two about your favorite baseball player.  I'll use  a random number generator to select the winner.  Entry deadline - 24 hours after this post goes up.

These are the cards you'll be playing for:

1992 Score

1988 Topps

1992 Score

2000 Upper Deck Victory

1999 Pacific

1992 Fleer

1993 Stadium Club Ultra-Pro

1991 Donruss

1990 Topps

1992 Action Packed All-Star Gallery

Card Collecting 19: A Rose By Any Other Name

would hit as sweetly.



Now that we've dispensed with the weird intro, we can get to the purpose of this post: names.

  









   











The Doors' singer would have been a youngish 33 when the infielder made his MLB debut in 1977.  Just sayin'.

I never knew Dillinger went over to the other side.  In Canada no less.

Anyway, this isn't meant to be a definitive list.  I'm sure people can come up with other guys that should be on here.  Should I have included Steve Lake?  The eternal questions...