Big Trade

So I traded with Clay (clay).  I gave up 18 Steelers cards for 7 baseball and 8 football cards.  

    

1981 Donruss 

1984 Topps.  Interesting that he started his MLB career in the late 1970s. Was he doing something else in the early 1970s?  He played for the Pirates.  The Doors got their start at the London Fog, a bar that was popular with sailors, a.k.a. legalized pirates.  He had a good game in Los Angeles. Are we supposed to believe that's a coincidence?  Awkward throwing motion, because he was away from the game for a few albums years perhaps?   White male. 

    

  

   

1982 Donruss Diamond Kings

     

2000 Topps

2004 Upper Deck

   

2016 Donruss Rated Rookies 

      

2017 Donruss

2018 Panini Prestige

     

2019 Panini Absolute

2018 Panini Playoff.  It reminded me of Frank Stella's work when I first saw it.  Thinking now I might have been reaching though. Anyway, it's one of those annoying non-rookie cards that say rookie on them.  

Trade

So I traded with Aaron (acasebol).  Gave up 2 baseball and 4 football cards for a mix of basketball, football, and hockey. 

   

   

All three are rookie cards.

    

Not my favorite James Jett card, but it works as a place holder in my Multi-Sport collection.  

Larry Brown for my Super Bowl MVP collection.  Some of you might be too young to remember the Cowboys in the Super Bowl.  :)  

    

 

A couple of Roys for my hockey collection.  Some say he was almost as good as Hextall.      

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 13: Incoming

So I traded with Chris (challgolfman on TCDB) and got this trio:

 

     

An Ainge for the multi-sport athlete collection I am NOT building.  Two Super Bowl MVPs for a collection I am building, though don't expect to finish for a long while.

I also received another batch of Free Friday cards from Brian of Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary:

   

Vlad the Impaler needs no introduction.  I like me some defense.

   

Two of the best players in the 1970s.

    

A guy with a lengthy career and an interesting story.  A 12-time All-Star.

   



A couple current era stars and a fun card of a prominent Eagle.

So yeah - Brian hooked me up nicely.  I sent him some cards but I don't know if he'll want them or not. Maybe he can trade them or use them for a future Free Friday. 

Card Collecting 12: Waiting for a Starr to Fall

into my arms, baby, yeah.

So Tim, from Cardpocalypse, suggested a few ideas for blog posts.  One of them is favorite card acquired during quarantine.

Not only did I trade for this gem, but I got it from somebody who lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  I have now completed 2 / 3 of the Holy Trinity. 



The wait is over, yet the music remains.

Link to Cardpocalypse:

https://lovecardboard.blogspot.com

Card Collecting 10: Goal Completed

I mentioned my Special Special Teamers set in an earlier post.  Well, I have acquired a Stephen Gostkowski card and the set is now complete.

Every special teams player that was named to one of the following NFL all-star teams:

100th Anniversary Team
75th Anniversary Team
1970s All-Decade Team
1980s All-Decade Team
1990s All-Decade Team
2000s All-Decade team
2010s All-Decade Team

I'll just post some highlights here, and if you want to view my entire list you can follow the TCDB link below.

   

    

 

     


   

It's a 32-player list, plus three players who were notable in other ways. Fred Cox is one of the latter group.

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/List.cfm/lid/8358/Special-Special-Teamers