and she brought a couple more boxes of cards down. One of baseball, which was pretty much what I expected - mostly overproduction era and not much star power. But the other one was football and it was a bit more interesting.
- The Throwin' Samoan.
- Edwards of Miracle at the Meadowlands fame.
- Owens is a Congressman now.
- Another Jordan for my multi-sport collection.
- If I do a bust collection, Mandarich is a shoe-in.
- The Fridge.
So yeah - no WOW cards, but some good players. Mostly offensive linemen and defensive guys, though Carlos Carson, Haywood Jeffires, Ernest Givins, and a Jay Novacek RC (as a Cardinal) were in there.
There were a lot of early 1980s Topps, which makes no sense to me. This was a few years before I started collecting and they're not guys I would have targeted as singles. 1983 in particular - so if you're building that set, feel free to shoot me your want list.
The oldest in the box were six from 1979: Preston Pearson, Butch Johnson, and four lesser known Eagles.
Anyway, I'll show some of the baseball cards tomorrow.
(as usual, card images from TCDB)
Lomas Brown should be in the Pro Football HOF.
ReplyDeleteGood Job. 👍
Yeah. Lomas was a stud.
DeleteYou play to win the game!
ReplyDeleteHa. That too.
DeleteI've been looking for a Mandarich autograph for my Packers PC and Sports Bust PC for years:
ReplyDeletehttps://fujiapple.weebly.com/sports-busts-pc.html
I don't have any autos of famous busts. Most of my autos are guys people haven't heard of, because I got them in repacks.
DeleteThe early-mid '80s were right before I started collecting football cards, too. I've really taken an interest in those sets lately. Not ready to start any new set builds but do I like to pick up cheap singles from '82-85.
ReplyDeleteCool.
DeleteI was today years old when I learned that Herm Edwards played before coaching! I'm guessing that I'm the only one who didn't know that?
ReplyDeleteA lot of younger football fans don't know probably.
DeleteBut he played for my favorite team, so I had an advantage.