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Sweetness Stack: 12 Great Walter Payton Football Cards

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Walter Payton’s brother once said that the Hall of Fame running back was a great white shark in a previous life. “If he stops moving forward, he will die,” Eddie Payton said. Jim Brown, whose NFL career rushing record Walter Payton would break 40 years ago this week, called the Bears great a gladiator. NFL fans and football card collectors called him “Sweetness” — … [Read more...] about Sweetness Stack: 12 Great Walter Payton Football Cards

1987 Topps Football: A Clean Design With Some Desirable Rookies

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While the 1987 Topps football set is not one of that decade’s more valuable issues, it is certainly one of the cleanest. There are, however, some nice first-year NFL cards of quarterbacks Jim Kelly, Doug Flutie and Randall Cunningham. Both Kelly and Flutie had appeared in Topps USFL sets — Kelly in 1984, Flutie the following year — but the ’87 set was the first time they … [Read more...] about 1987 Topps Football: A Clean Design With Some Desirable Rookies

Chicago’s 10 Most Collectible Sports Stars

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With the National Sports Collectors Convention going back to Chicago this week, we thought we would take a look at the 10 most collectible Chicago stars.   It's not strictly a list of the most popular guys, although that certainly plays into it.  Impact on the city and the market, long term interest and other factors are part of this very unscientific but … [Read more...] about Chicago’s 10 Most Collectible Sports Stars

Items from Walter Payton, Gino Marchetti Kick off Super Bowl Auction

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Hunt Auctions and NFL Auction are once again collaborating at Super Bowl LVII to host the 15th Annual Super Bowl Live Auction event on February 11. The auction features hundreds of items highlighted by the memorabilia from the personal collections of Pro Football Hall of Fame members Walter Payton and Gino Marchetti, game-worn items from current players and a prototype for what … [Read more...] about Items from Walter Payton, Gino Marchetti Kick off Super Bowl Auction

Dat Nguyen Q&A: Rookie Number Swap, Practicing Autograph in High School, Binders of Cards Lost

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Dat Nguyen was born in a refugee center at Fort Chaffee in Fort Smith, Arkansas after his family left South Vietnam during the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. While attending Rockport Fulton High School in Texas, Nguyen dominated the gridiron and excelled on both sides of the ball, as a middle linebacker, running back and even all-state punter. The do-it-all … [Read more...] about Dat Nguyen Q&A: Rookie Number Swap, Practicing Autograph in High School, Binders of Cards Lost

Morten Andersen Q&A: Rookie Cards, Origin of Smiley Face Signature, Walter Payton Pranks

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At the time of his retirement in 2007, Morten Andersen was widely considered the greatest placekicker of all time. Consistency and longevity were the hallmarks of his Hall of Fame career.  Anderson retired with countless records, not only as a kicker but in categories with statistics and milestones that set the bar for the history of the game, regardless of position. He … [Read more...] about Morten Andersen Q&A: Rookie Cards, Origin of Smiley Face Signature, Walter Payton Pranks

Ottis Anderson Q&A: Seeing Rookie Card, Walter Payton Jersey Swap, Partnership with Signd

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West Palm Beach, Florida native Ottis Jerome (O.J.) Anderson was a football and track star for Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach in the mid-1970s. The standout running back chose to stay in-state and attend the University of Miami.  A 6'2, 220-pound explosive battering ram, Anderson broke Chuck Foreman's career rushing record and became the first player to rush more … [Read more...] about Ottis Anderson Q&A: Seeing Rookie Card, Walter Payton Jersey Swap, Partnership with Signd

Vernon Turner Q&A: Significance of Rookie Card, Autograph Experiences, Walter Payton Influence

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Bedford Stuyvesant native Vernon Turner attended Curtis High School on Staten Island where he lettered in both football as the team's quarterback and in track and field. He was an All-City and All- State selection who left the school with over 4,000 yards passing. Years later, he was inducted into the Curtis High School Sports Hall of Fame. Turner took his versatile skill … [Read more...] about Vernon Turner Q&A: Significance of Rookie Card, Autograph Experiences, Walter Payton Influence

Tommy Polley Q&A: Basketball Stardom, Signing Rookie Cards, Grabbing Deion’s Last Cleats

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He had a productive, six-year career in the NFL but it could be argued that the Baltimore, Maryland native and Dunbar High School grad Tommy Polley was a better basketball player than a football player. He averaged over 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists per game as a senior, leading the national powerhouse to a fourth straight state title. Polley was a top hoops recruit … [Read more...] about Tommy Polley Q&A: Basketball Stardom, Signing Rookie Cards, Grabbing Deion’s Last Cleats