Lot 1. Circa 1923 Oorang Comments Catalog with Thorpe, the NFL, Ty Cobb and Airedales. One of sports history’s more unusual alliances was forged in 1921 between football star Jim Thorpe and Walter Lingo, who sold Airedale dogs out his Oorang Kennels in LaRue, OH. Thorpe agreed that if Lingo purchased a National Football League franchise, he would put together a team of Indians who would play other NFL teams and help to run the kennels. The team, the Oorang Indians, played all their games on the road and promoted Lingo’s dogs in the process. After two lackluster seasons, the team folded. Thorpe is pictured frequently in the 192-page 5 ½” x 7 ¾” softcover catalog. Pete Calc, a Thorpe teammate at Carlisle, also is shown; Calc joined Thorpe is establishing the Oorang team. Also pictured are the Oorang team, Joe Guyon, photos of baseball stars such as Ty Cobb, Nick Altrock and Tris Speaker, and several other celebrities. The catalog has some residue on the front cover, which is loosely attached to the pages. Complete with vg-ex pages.
Winning Bid $65.
Lot 2. Scarce 1926 Program for the Bucknell at Haskell Indian School Football Game. In the 1920s, the Haskell Institute of Lawrence, KS, was the world’s largest Indian school, and it fielded some formidable football teams. For example, the 1926 team crushed Bucknell, 26-0. At least two members of the team played in the NFL, Mayes McLain (McClain in the program) and Joe Pappio. McClain played halfback as Chief McLain for the Portsmouth Spartans in 1930 and 1931. Pappio was a lineman for the Oorang Indians in 1923 and the Chicago Bears in 1930. Two members of the 1926 team earned All-America honors – McLain at fullback and Ted Roebuck at tackle. The 48-page program is vg+ and pictures players for Haskell and Bucknell. There also are profiles of a couple of Native American families. Bucknell’s Felix McCormick, who is pictured, also made it to the NFL, with Orange in 1929 and Newark in 1930.
Minimum Bid $65.
Lot 3. 1923 Illinois at Ohio State Football Program with Red Grange. Interesting cover graphics depict an Ohio State player wearing a red friction jersey. Inside are 48 pages of advertisements, player photos and football and other information. Among the players pictured is Grange, as well as All-American Jim McMillen, captain of the Illini. The program has also a picture of the Ohio State freshman squad, and future All-American Ed Hess is listed on a roster of “Promising Freshmen.” The front and back covers are attached to each other and have a 1 ½” split along the spine; they are detached from the pages, and there is minor writing inside the back cover. Vg covers and pages, except for the center spread, which is torn and missing the top half. The starting lineups for both teams are present. Illinois won this game, 9-0, at OSU to conclude an 8-0 season and capture a share, with Michigan, of the mythical national collegiate championship.
Winning Bid $90.
Lot 4. 1938 Green Bay Packers and Big 10 Football Schedules. As an NFL team, the Packers were only 17-years-old in 1938, and their stars included Arnie Herber, Don Hutson, Clarke Hinkle and Cecil Isbell. The team had an excellent season, winning the Western Division with an 8-3 record, but lost the title game to the New York Giants. Issued in Green Bay, the 2 ¾” x 5 ½” two-panel schedule lists Big 10 games inside and Packers games on the back. There also is advertising for various Green Bay area businesses. Technically vg-ex because of a relatively light vertical crease.
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 5. Sammy Baugh Lobby Card for the 1941 Movie Series King of the Texas Rangers. The Hall of Fame quarterback starred in this 12-part serial from Republic Pictures. The 11” x 14” color lobby card is for Chapter 1 of the serial, “The Fifth Column Strikes.” It show Baugh, playing a character named Tom King Jr., about to release a pass. When his father is killed by foreign saboteurs, King (Baugh) leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers so that he can avenge his father’s death. Vg-ex lobby card with a small piece of tape on the back for no apparent reason. Comes with a Baugh autograph on an unlined card. Autograph authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $185.
Lot 6. Early 1900s Leather Elbow Pads in a Package Featuring Vintage Football Artwork. Unused “Seal-Brand” elbow or kneed pads from the Brown Co. of Boston in a 5 ¾” x 8” glassine envelope that depicts three young football players wearing neckties. The pads are mint and the envelope, which has two tears and some creases at the right, displays very well. Excellent period equipment and display item!
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 7. Football Grab Bag of Early Postcards, Photos and Other Items. A leather postcard with a 1906 copyright shows a melon football and says “Heres (sic) Something to Kick About.” Vg-ex with stitching missing along the top and bottom; central area of the card is very nice. A second postcard, a real-photo example, shows what appears to be a 1920s football game, vg+. Football action is captured in a 2 ¼” x 3” photo dated 1907; vg-ex. An ink blotter die-cut in the shape of a football promotes the Circle Theatre in an unidentified town, vg-ex. Finally, there is a 1908 box for Paris Garters, sold at Bamberger’s in Newark, that shows what likely is a football player; solid box with some age soling, a stain in the lower left of the lid and pencil notations insidethe lid.
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 79. Pittsburgh Steelers Collection of Autographs and Memorabilia. Signatures of Terry Bradshaw and Dwight White head a list of 50 autographs. With a few exceptions, the autographs are mint 9s or gem mints 10s unless otherwise noted. Bradshaw signed a Steelers 1980 envelope along with another Hall of Fame member, Dan Rooney. White’s autograph is a bold beauty on an 8” x 10” black & white photo. Bill Dudley signed an unlined index card. Eight signatures are presented on a 1962 color 8” x 10” team photo: Torgy Torgeson, Joe Krupa, Bill “Red” Mack, Tom Bettis, Dick Hoak, Brady Keys, Harlon Hill and Preston Carpenter. Thirty-four signatures are on football cards. Bowman: Darrell Hogan (1952 small), Lynn Chandnois (1952 large), Hogan (1954), Chandnois (1954), and Dale Dodrill (1955). Topps: Dodrill (1956), Frank Varrichione (1956), Ray Mathews (1956), Jack Butler (1957, pers.), Torgy Torgeson (1957, as a Redskin), Ted Marchibroda (1957 archives), George Tarasovic (1957 archives), Mathews (1958), Dodrill (1958), Gary Glick (1958), Jack McClairen (1958), McClairen (1959), Varrichione (1960), John Reger (1961), Varrichione (1963), Lou Michaels (1963), Ken Kortas (1969), Roy Jefferson (1970), Dick Hoak (1970), Gene Mingo (1970, pers.), Paul Martha (1971), Mike Wagner (1974), Andy Russell (1974), Wagner (1975), Gerry “Moon” Mullins (1976) and Bobby Walden (1977). Philadelphia: Mike Sandusky (1964). IDL: Bill Nelson (1963). Liberty Bowl: Jefferson (2008). Other signatures are by Jim Orr and Glick on small photos (2 diff.), Hogan on a business card, Clendon Thomas on a brief handwritten letter and Butler on a personalized cut. Accompanying the autographs are: Steelers Christmas Cards (7), including 2000 and 2003-2008. Each has a team photo and facsimile autographs. Nm-m. Official Super Bowl IX and X Medals; apparently 60 grams of essentially pure silver each. Both show some tarnishing. Steelers Mugs: Post-Gazette newspaper headline mug for Super Bowl X, ex, and a logo mug for Super Bowl XIII, shows crazing. Pennants: All full-sized and have typical tack holes. 1970s Steelers helmet logo pennant vg-ex, 1979 Super Bowl XIII Champs photo pennant ex-m and 1980 AFC Champions Super Bowl XIV pennant ex-m. Sixty-four different items. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $204.
Lot 80. 1959 Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears Football Program. As recorded inside, the Bears won this game, 27-21, on their way to an 8-4 record and second place in the NFL Western Conference. The 52-page program pictures such future Hall of Fame members as George Halas, Paddy Driscoll, Bill George, Stan Jones, Doug Atkins, Bobby Layne and Ernie Stautner. Vg-ex, score written inside, tiny cover chip and very small piece of tape on the front cover, ½ split at the bottom of the spine. And excellent cover art.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 81. 1992 Pro Bowl Woman’s Watch from the Estate of Ernie Stautner. Attractive watch with the face in gold color showing a receiver catching a pass as the sun shines in the background over palm trees and ocean. Type says “Pro Bowl, AFC NFC, 1992 Hawaii.” The watch, which isn’t working and apparently needs to have a battery replaced, is ex-m to nm with a vg-ex leather band. Stautner was an assistant coach for the NFC and apparently gave the watch to his wife. The watch was originally offered by Collectors Ltd. (Pat Quinn) with a number of items from the Stautner family.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 82. 7 Bowl Game Programs – 1956 Gator, 1957 Rose and One Signed by Jack Lambert. Three programs are for the Gator Bowl, and three for the Rose Bowl. The Gator Bowl entries are: 1956, vg, Georgia Tech 21, Pitt 14. 1968, hardbound nm-m copy given to Penn State player Leon Angevine (says 1967 in gilt lettering on the leather-like cover) Penn State 17, Florida State 17, Ted Kwalick and Ron Sellers pictured. 1983, ex with two cover corner creases, Florida 14, Iowa 6. Rose Bowl: 1957, vg, covers almost detached, Iowa 35, Oregon State 19, Alex Karras and Ken Pleon pictured for Iowa, and Paul Lowe for the Beavers. 1980, ex-m, small cover scuff, USC 17, Ohio State 16. 1983, nm-m, UCLA 24, Michigan 14. Tangerine Bowl: 1972, ex, Tampa 21, Kent State 18. The cover is signed by Jack Lambert, who wore #99 for Kent State, Don James, his coach, and Earle Bruce, the Tampa coach.
Winning Bid $115.
Lot 83. 20 Official Collegiate Football Record Books, 1961-80. In 160 or more pages, these softcover annuals provide a summary of results from each conference for the preceding season, schedules for the current year, bowl results, All-Americans and other useful and interesting information. Cover subjects include Roman Garbriel, Sonny Gibbs, Dick Butkus (1964), Randy Gradishar and Ross Browner. Two issues are nm, 10 ex or ex-m, and eight vg or vg-ex.
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 84. 8 Hardbacks on College and Pro Football Including 2 Collegiate Classics. The keys to this collection are Intercollegiate Football 1869-1934 by Christy Walsh and The History of American Football by Allison Danzig, 1956 apparent first edition, vg-ex book and dust jacket. The 480-page Walsh book is an excellent reference. Vg copy with numerous paper pennants and further information added. The other books with a college focus are: Football Thru the Years, Dean Hill, 1940, vg-ex. Sugar Bowl: The First Fifty Years, Marty Mule, 1983 first printing, ex-m book, vg dj. And Buckeye (on Woody Hayes), Robert Ware, 1974 first ed., ex book with owner’s name inside, ex dj. Pro football is the focus of: The Golden Age of Pro Football, Mickey Herskowitz, 1974, vg-ex/g. The First 50 Years: The Story of the NFL, 1971, both vg-ex. And The San Francisco 49ers: The First Fifty Years, Glenn Dickey, 1995 first ed., both ex-m.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 85. 11 1940-70s Ads with Luckman, Baugh, Grange, Hirsch, Hornung, Gifford. These advertisements are from various magazines and range from about 5” x 11” to 10” x 14”. Willard Mullin, famous for creating the Brooklyn Bum, provided the artwork for an ad in which Sid Luckman and Sammy Baugh endorse Champ Hats. Luckman and Baugh are in separate ads for Vitalis and Spalding, respectively. Others are Crazy Legs Hirsch for Voit, Red Grange for Wheaties, Frank Gifford for Lucky Strike, Paul Hornung for Marlboro (3, same art, different sizes), and Dick Butkus, with other athletes for American Red Ball Movers. The Grange and Hornung ads average p-f to g-vg. The image area of the others averages ex-m; some have chips or creases in the borders.
Winning Bid $10.
Lot 86. Blue and Gold Large Banner Celebrating Notre Dame’s Football Championships. This 17 ½” x 35 ½” banner, which was displayed on the Notre Dame campus, marks the 1943, 1946, 1947 and 1949 national championships the Fighting Irish won under the leadership of Frank Leahy, 1966 and 1973 under Ara Parseghian, 1977 under Dan Devine and 1988 under Lou Holtz. Ex-m with some minor abrasions in the felt gold border and wrinkles, which can be ironed out, in the silk-like blue field.
Winning Bid $92.
